The Bloomingdale Bulls will challenge the Wekiva Mustangs at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Bloomingdale focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up eight on Wednesday.
Bloomingdale is headed into the game after thoroughly thrashing Plant: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Bloomingdale blew Plant out of the water with a 61-19 final score. With the Bulls ahead 40-12 at the half, the matchup was all but over already.
Noelle Mengel had a dynamite game for Bloomingdale, going 9 for 13 en route to 22 points plus three steals. What's more, Mengel also posted a 69% field goal percentage, which is the highest she's posted since back in December of 2023. Another player making a difference was Jayla Griffin, who earned nine points along with two steals.
Bloomingdale smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 11 offensive rebounds. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Plant only pulled down an.
Meanwhile, it may have taken overtime to finish the job, but Wekiva ultimately got the result they hoped for on Thursday. They escaped with a win against Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy by the margin of a single free throw, 48-47.
Wekiva's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Makayla Bell led the charge by going 7 for 13 en route to 16 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Senaia Asanya, who scored 13 points plus five rebounds.
Bloomingdale pushed their record up to 2-0 with the win, which was their 11th straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Wekiva, the victory got them back to even at 1-1.
Bloomingdale took a serious blow against Wekiva when the teams last played back in February of 2022, falling 57-29. Can Bloomingdale avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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