Maiden and Bandys are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2021, but not for long. The Maiden Blue Devils will challenge the Bandys Trojans at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Maiden is headed into the contest after thoroughly thrashing West Caldwell: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Maiden blew West Caldwell out of the water with a 60-26 final score. The Blue Devils pushed the score to 45-17 by the end of the third, a deficit the Warriors had little chance of recovering from.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Bandys). They breezed by Lincolnton to the tune of 72-44 on Friday. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 44-16.
Maiden better keep an eye on Addison Bell. She was instrumental in Bandys' win, almost dropping a double-double on 30 points and nine steals. That makes it four consecutive games in which Bell has scored at least a third of Bandys' points. The team also got some help courtesy of Lexi Vaughan, who dropped a double-double on 15 points and 17 boards.
Bandys was working as a unit and finished the game with 20 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since back in January of 2024.
Bandys pushed their record up to 12-6 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 29.7 points per game. As for Maiden, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-3 record this season.
Maiden took their win against Bandys when the teams last played back in January by a conclusive 67-45. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Vaughan, who dropped a double-double on 15 points and ten rebounds. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Maiden still be able to contain Vaughan? There's only one way to find out.
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