The Jefferson Mustangs will head out on the road to take on the Brackenridge Eagles at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Jefferson has struggled recently with 18 losses in a row, while the Eagles will arrive with three straight victories.
Last Tuesday, Jefferson had to suffer through a rough 91-24 loss at the hands of the Brahmas. Jefferson has not had much luck with the Brahmas recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the match if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Brackenridge's strategy against the Golden Bears on Tuesday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Brackenridge blew the Golden Bears out of the water with a 64-36 final score. Brackenridge pushed the score to 50-23 by the end of the third, a deficit the Golden Bears had little chance of recovering from.
Brackenridge got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Alasia Brown out in front who dropped a double-double on 15 points and 13 rebounds. Brown has been hot recently, having posted 15 or more points the last 16 times she's played. Sarah Arriaga was another key contributor, scoring 16 points along with eight rebounds.
Jefferson has traveled a rocky road recently having lost 21 of their last 22 matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-27 record this season. As for Brackenridge, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten matches, which provided a massive bump to their 18-14 record this season.
Jefferson took a serious blow against the Eagles when the teams last played back in January, falling 56-22. Can Jefferson avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
