Two dominant guards in Zikira henderson and Lila Mann are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Blue Ridge Fighting Tigers will head out on the road to take on the Daniel Lions at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Blue Ridge comes in on three and Daniel on ten.
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Blue Ridge had no problem doing just that on Saturday. They walked away with a 67-55 win over the Fury. Having run the score up that high, both teams probably have some extra defensive drills coming up.
Blue Ridge relied on the efforts of Anyah Henderson, who scored 18 points along with seven assists and five steals, and henderson, who scored 30 points along with six rebounds and two steals. That makes it three consecutive games in which henderson has scored at least a third of Blue Ridge's points. Another player making a difference was Audrey Harkins, who scored nine points.
Meanwhile, Daniel didn't have too much trouble with Powdersville at home on Saturday as they won 56-37.
Blue Ridge has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 23-4 record this season. As for Daniel, they pushed their record up to 16-9 with that victory, which was their seventh straight at home.
Blue Ridge didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Daniel in their previous meeting back in December of 2023, but they still walked away with a 54-48 victory. Does Blue Ridge have another victory up their sleeve, or will Daniel turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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