Having just played yesterday, the Village Christian Crusaders will head out on the road to face off against the Valencia Vikings at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Village Christian comes in on five and Valencia on three.
Village Christian is headed into the match after thoroughly thrashing Heritage Christian: they outscored them in every quarter. Village Christian put the hurt on Heritage Christian with a sharp 62-39 win on Tuesday. The Crusaders pushed the score to 45-24 by the end of the third, a deficit the Warriors had little chance of recovering from.
Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Valencia on Monday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew Golden Valley out of the water with a 56-23 final score. The Vikings have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 15 contests by 21 points or more this season.
Village Christian better focus on containing Kamilla Basyrova and Cara McKell as the pair were huge in Valencia's win. Basyrova went 7 for 15 en route to 18 points and three steals, while McKell went 6 of 7 on her way to 14 points. Another player making a difference was Alexis Epie, who posted five points.
Valencia was working as a unit and finished the game with 14 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Golden Valley only posted four assists.
Valencia's victory was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 23-4. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 28.7 points per game. As for Village Christian, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 14 of their last 15 games, which provided a nice bump to their 19-7 record this season.
Village Christian didn't have too much breathing room in their match against Valencia in their previous meeting back in February of 2022, but they still walked away with a 38-33 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Village Christian since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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