The Essex Trojans will look to take advantage of their home-court for the first time this season as they take on the Caroline Cavaliers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Essex focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 25 on Wednesday.
Essex will roll into the match after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up ten points on Monday, then bounced right back against Charles City on Wednesday. Essex really took it to Charles City for the full four quarters, racking up a 56-21 win. The Trojans pushed the score to 46-18 by the end of the third, a deficit the Panthers had little chance of recovering from.
Essex relied on the efforts of Morgan Self, who dropped a double-double on 18 points and 18 rebounds, and Amani Brown, who went 7 for 16 en route to 14 points plus eight rebounds and eight steals. Self is on a roll when it comes to rebounds, as she's now pulled down eight or more in the last 15 games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Makiryn Williams, who scored seven points along with seven rebounds and two steals.
Essex was working as a unit and finished the game with 12 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since back in January.
Meanwhile, Caroline unfortunately couldn't capitalize on their home-court advantage in their season opener. They lost 56-34 to Armstrong on Monday.
Essex beat Caroline 37-30 when the teams last played back in December of 2023. Will Essex repeat their success, or does Caroline have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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