Sycamore has won four straight games at home, while Princeton has won four straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Saturday. The Sycamore Aviators will welcome the Princeton Vikings at 1:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Sycamore is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. They breezed past Fairfield to the tune of 69-35. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 41-18.
Sycamore's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Brooke Burgess led the charge by going 9-for-13 en route to 20 points. Another player making a difference was Kenadie Benjamin, who went 8-for-9 to rack up 17 points.
Meanwhile, everything came up roses for Princeton against Middletown on Wednesday as the squad secured a 62-29 win. Given the Vikings' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 26th, while the Middies are ranked 329th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Princeton is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 17-6 record this season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 31.4 points. Sycamore's victory bumped their record up to 13-10.
Sycamore came up short against Princeton in their previous matchup back in January, falling 65-61. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Princeton's Mari Gerton, who posted 29 points and eight steals. Now that Sycamore knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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