If Deerfield wanted to avenge their loss from the last time they played Satanta, they should've done a better job of containing Yahaira Puerto. The Satanta Indians strolled past the Deerfield Spartans with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 43-25 thanks in part to Puerto, who went 12 of 28 en route to 26 points and five steals. That makes it eight consecutive games in which she has scored at least a third of Satanta's points.
01/10/25 vs Deerfield | 3 |
01/07/25 @ Ashland | 3 |
12/20/24 @ Sublette | 7 |
12/17/24 vs Minneola | 2 |
The team also got some help courtesy of Mia Burrows, who posted seven points along with 12 boards and three steals. She has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last four times she's played.
Satanta's win ended an eight-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 3-6. As for Deerfield, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-5.
Satanta didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, an 87-19 defeat against South Gray on the 11th. As for Deerfield, they will head out to face off against Elkhart at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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