The Friendly Patriots will take on the Surrattsville Hornets at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Friendly proved they can win big two weeks ago (they won by 30) and last Thursday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past McDonough 42-40. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Patriots have posted since January 14th.
Jasmine Germany was her usual excellent self, going 8-for-15 to rack up 24 points. That makes it eight consecutive games in which she has scored at least a third of Friendly's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Andrea Hardy, who posted ten points along with five rebounds and four blocks.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Surrattsville had no problem doing just that on Friday. They snuck past College Park Academy with a 38-34 win. The Hornets haven't had any issues with College Park Academy recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive victory against them.
Friendly has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 14-8 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 29.3 points on average over those games. Surrattsville's win bumped their record up to 6-14.
Friendly came out on top in a nail-biter against Surrattsville in their previous meeting back in January, sneaking past 48-46. Will Friendly repeat their success, or does Surrattsville have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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