The Culpeper County Blue Devils will venture away from home to face off against the Eastern View Cyclones at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Culpeper County's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last eight matchups.
Culpeper County is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering James Monroe just ended the team's five-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell 78-69 to the Yellow Jackets. While losing is never fun, the Blue Devils can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 110th, while the Yellow Jackets are ranked 30th).
Culpeper County's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of AmyAh Robinson, who posted 35 points along with six rebounds and four steals, and Kelley Hutcherson, who almost dropped a double-double on 23 points and nine boards. That was a full 50.7% of Culpeper County's points, marking the 19th time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points.
Even though they lost, Culpeper County smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 16 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least nine offensive rebounds in 14 consecutive contests.
Eastern View fell on hard times earlier this season, but after back-to-back wins it seems like their luck might finally be changing. They walked away with a 52-43 victory over Spotsylvania on Tuesday.
Culpeper County's loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 14-5. As for Eastern View, their win ended an 11-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 5-13.
Culpeper County strolled past Eastern View in their previous matchup back in January by a score of 72-54. The rematch might be a little tougher for Culpeper County 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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