The Beachside Barracudas will take on the Nova Titans at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Hopefully Beachside focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 11 on Friday.
Beachside is headed into the matchup having just suffered their biggest defeat since November 22, 2023 on Friday. They lost 71-48 to Tocoi Creek. The Barracudas were down 59-35 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Despite the loss, Beachside got top-tier performance from Morgan Cremen, who scored 14 points plus six assists and six rebounds. Cremen is also on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed two or more in the last three games she's played dating back to last season. Anni Ament was another key player, almost dropping a double-double on 11 points and nine rebounds.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the contest if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Nova's strategy against Monarch on Thursday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Nova blew Monarch out of the water with an 86-6 final score. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 55-3.
Nova got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Jaelynn Housey out in front who scored 21 points plus six steals and five rebounds. Another player making a difference was Kemora Evans, who posted 14 points plus seven steals and six assists.
Nova smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 24 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive rebounds in eight consecutive games dating back to last season.
Nova pushed their record up to 2-0 with the victory, which was their 11th straight at home dating back to last season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 36.5 points. As for Beachside, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-1.
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