The Lindhurst Blazers will challenge the Woodland Christian Cardinals at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Lindhurst has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with five straight losses, while Woodland Christian will come in with eight straight victories.
On Monday, Lindhurst didn't have quite enough to beat Rio Vista and fell 58-56. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (55), the Blazers still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Woodland Christian on Monday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew Vacaville Christian out of the water with a 92-54 final score. The Cardinals have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won nine contests by 27 points or more this season.
Lindhurst better focus on containing Romello Bruhn and Malakai Baker as the pair were huge in Woodland Christian's win. Bruhn went 13 of 18 en route to 38 points along with seven rebounds and five assists, while Baker went 8 for 14 from beyond the arc on his way to 36 points. Bruhn's evening made it 48 games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Tanner Thomas, who went 6 of 11 en route to 14 points in addition to six boards and three steals.
Woodland Christian has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-5 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 75.9 points per game. As for Lindhurst, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-18.
Lindhurst was taken down by Woodland Christian 81-36 in their previous meeting on January 7th. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Lindhurst was down 47-15.
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