Ursuline Academy is on a six-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Cape Henlopen is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Ursuline Academy Raiders will take on the Cape Henlopen Vikings at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Ursuline Academy has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 279 points over their last four matches.
Last Thursday, Ursuline Academy faced Sanford in a battle between two of the state's top teams. Ursuline Academy fell to Sanford 81-76. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Meanwhile, Cape Henlopen didn't have too much trouble with Smyrna at home on Friday as they won 49-35.
Cape Henlopen found their leader in underclassman Amalia Fruchtman, who dropped a double-double on 22 points and 15 rebounds. That makes it five consecutive games in which Fruchtman has scored at least a third of Cape Henlopen's points. Mya Maull was another key contributor, scoring 14 points.
Ursuline Academy's loss dropped their record down to 12-5. As for Cape Henlopen, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season.
Ursuline Academy didn't have too much breathing room in their match against Cape Henlopen in their previous meeting back in February of 2022, but they still walked away with a 54-50 victory. Will Ursuline Academy repeat their success, or does Cape Henlopen have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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