You're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Vanguard on Thursday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew the Santa Fe Raiders out of the water with a 63-25 final score. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 31-10.
| 01/23/25 vs Santa Fe | 7 |
| 01/12/24 vs North Marion | 5 |
| 01/31/24 vs Citrus | 4 |
| 11/29/23 @ Eastside | 3 |
| 01/17/24 @ Citrus | 3 |
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Vanguard to victory, but perhaps none more so than Melanie Santiago, who went 8 of 14 on her way to 16 points and seven steals. The dominant performance gave Santiago a new career-high in steals. Sanaria Gunsby was another key player, going 6 for 9 en route to 13 points in addition to seven boards and five steals.
Vanguard smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 19 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least nine offensive boards in five consecutive contests.
Vanguard now has a winning record of 8-7. As for Santa Fe, their loss was their fifth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 3-14.
Vanguard will welcome South Sumter at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Santa Fe has already played their next game (against P.K. Yonge), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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