After two games on the road, Potomac School is heading back home. They will take on the St. Andrew's Episcopal Lions at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Thursday, Potomac School beat Flint Hill 53-46. Given Potomac School's advantage in MaxPreps' Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked ninth, while Flint Hill is ranked 72nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Potomac School's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Catherine Letendre, who scored 15 points along with three steals, and Sabrina Anderson, who scored 18 points along with seven rebounds and three steals. That makes it five consecutive games in which Anderson has scored at least a third of Potomac School's points. Zoe Myslewicz was another key contributor, scoring six points along with nine rebounds.
Meanwhile, St. Andrew's Episcopal had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9.5 points), and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They slipped by Flint Hill 38-37. That's two games straight that St. Andrew's Episcopal has won by exactly one point.
St. Andrew's Episcopal found their leader in underclassman Anna beth Tsai-turton, who dropped a double-double on ten points and ten rebounds. Another player making a difference was Lamaria Estridge, who almost dropped a double-double on 11 points and nine rebounds.
Potomac School is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 18-7 record this season. As for St. Andrew's Episcopal, their victory bumped their record up to 14-10.
Potomac School beat St. Andrew's Episcopal 57-44 in their previous matchup back in January. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was St. Andrew's Episcopal's Sophia Brooks, who almost dropped a double-double on 28 points and nine rebounds. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Potomac School still be able to contain Brooks? There's only one way to find out.
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