The Bear River Bruins will face off against the West Campus Warriors at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Bear River is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They strolled past Central Catholic with points to spare, taking the game 66-47. The Bruins pushed the score to 54-32 by the end of the third, a deficit the Raiders cut but never quite recovered from.
Meanwhile, West Campus came tearing into Tuesday's match with 15 straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 44.5 points), and they left with even more momentum. They blew past Orestimba 60-20. West Campus has made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 16 games by 23 points or more this season.
West Campus' win came from a few key players Bear River will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Loismary Justice, who dropped a double-double with 19 points and 19 rebounds. Her evening made it six games in a row in which she has scored at least 16 points. Another player making a difference was Esabel Otsuji, who went 10-for-18 on her way to 21 points.
West Campus smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 15 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least nine offensive rebounds in three consecutive contests.
Bear River is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 14 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 19-9 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 59.1 points over those games. As for West Campus, their victory was their ninth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 23-4.
Bear River came up short against West Campus when the teams last played back in December of 2024, falling 53-44. Can Bear River avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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