After both having extra time off, the Ponte Vedra Sharks and the Bloomingdale Bulls will dust off their jerseys to face off against one another at 5:00 p.m. on March 7th. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Ponte Vedra sitting on six straight wins and Bloomingdale on 29.
Two teams were on the hunt for playoff glory, but only Ponte Vedra walked away with it. They walked away with a 58-47 win over the Eagles last Thursday. Winning is a bit easier when you make six more threes than your opponent, as Ponte Vedra did.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Ponte Vedra to victory, but perhaps none more so than Morgan Gavazzi, who scored 17 points along with three steals. Gavazzi hasn't dropped below two steals for three straight games. Another player making a difference was Maya Richards, who scored ten points along with two steals.
Meanwhile, it was close, but last Thursday Bloomingdale sidestepped Charlotte for a 49-47 win.
Izellah Kendrick and Noelle Mengel were among the main playmakers for Bloomingdale as the former scored 16 points along with five rebounds and two blocks and the latter scored 30 points along with six rebounds. That makes it three consecutive games in which Mengel has scored at least a third of Bloomingdale's points.
Ponte Vedra is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 22-8 record this season. As for Bloomingdale, their victory bumped their record up to 29-0.
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