The Crossland Cavaliers will look to take advantage of their home-court for the first time this season as they take on the Bladensburg Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. on Monday.
Crossland is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against La Plata on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Crossland was outmatched by La Plata on the road and fell 61-34. The Cavaliers were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 36-10.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the contest if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Bladensburg's strategy against Friendly on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Bladensburg blew Friendly out of the water with a 63-0 final score. The Mustangs pushed the score to 44-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Patriots had no chance of recovering from.
Bladensburg relied on the efforts of Tyler Holt, who earned 18 points plus seven assists and three steals, and Michael Mason, who went 6 for 8 en route to 13 points plus seven rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Tristen Johnson, who earned nine points.
Bladensburg was working as a unit and finished the game with 11 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since the start of last season.
The victory made it two in a row for Bladensburg and bumps their season record up to 2-0. As for Crossland, their loss dropped their record down to 1-1.
Crossland was able to grind out a solid win over Bladensburg when the teams last played back in January of 2022, winning 51-44. Will Crossland repeat their success, or does Bladensburg have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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