The Bladensburg Mustangs will head out on the road to challenge the Crossland Cavaliers at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Hopefully Bladensburg focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up nine on Friday.
Bladensburg is headed into the contest after thoroughly thrashing Friendly: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Bladensburg blew Friendly out of the water with a 63-0 final score. The matchup was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Mustangs had established a 44 point advantage.
Bladensburg's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Tyler Holt, who posted 18 points along with seven assists and three steals, and Michael Mason, who went 6 for 8 en route to 13 points plus seven rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Tristen Johnson, who earned nine points.
Bladensburg was working as a unit and finished the game with 11 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since the start of last season.
Meanwhile, a win for Crossland just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the squad wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They took a blow against La Plata, falling 61-34. The Cavaliers were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 36-10.
Crossland's loss dropped their record down to 1-1. As for Bladensburg, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-0.
Bladensburg came up short against Crossland in their previous matchup back in January of 2022, falling 51-44. Can Bladensburg avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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