Evergreen Lutheran has won five straight games at home (dating back to last season), while Sound Christian has won five straight on the road also dating back to last season, but those streaks won't matter much on Tuesday. The Evergreen Lutheran Eagles will be home for the holidays to greet the Sound Christian Lions at 5:30 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Evergreen Lutheran is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They simply couldn't be stopped on Saturday as they easily beat Puget Sound Adventist 45-15. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Meanwhile, a well-balanced attack led Sound Christian over Rainier Christian in every quarter on their way to victory on Tuesday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Sound Christian blew Rainier Christian out of the water with a 53-20 final score. The Lions pushed the score to 38-12 by the end of the third, a deficit the Mustangs had little chance of recovering from.
Evergreen Lutheran better focus on containing Abby Mesler and Bella Swazer as the pair were huge in Sound Christian's win. Mesler went 10 of 24 en route to 21 points and seven steals, while Swazer made all 7 shots she took to post 17 points and three steals. Those seven steals gave Mesler a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Kaila Brogan, who posted seven points and eight rebounds.
Evergreen Lutheran's win bumped their record up to 4-0. As for Sound Christian, their victory bumped their record up to 2-0.
Evergreen Lutheran didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Sound Christian in their previous matchup back in February, but they still walked away with a 38-32 win. Will Evergreen Lutheran repeat their success, or does Sound Christian have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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