Sun Valley won the last time they faced East Mecklenburg and Mariah Garcia did her part to make sure it happened again. The Sun Valley Spartans walked away with a 61-53 win over the East Mecklenburg Eagles on Tuesday thanks in part to Garcia, who almost dropped a double-double on 29 points and nine steals. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in offensive rebounds (five).
Zoe Bradley was another key player, scoring seven points plus six rebounds and three steals. Bradley is crushing it when it comes to steals: she's grabbed at least two every time she's taken the court this season.
East Mecklenburg lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Mackenna Weisner, who went 6 for 15 en route to 18 points plus two steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Jurnee Darling, who went 7 for 17 en route to 16 points plus three steals.
Sun Valley's victory ended a six-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 2-3. As for East Mecklenburg, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-4.
Sun Valley and Ardrey Kell are set to duel on Thursday. Sun Valley is facing Ardrey Kell at the right time seeing as Ardrey Kell is stuck on a three-game losing streak. As for East Mecklenburg, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next match, a 59-53 defeat against Porter Ridge on the 4th.
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