The Jayhawk Linn Jayhawks had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 12 points), and they went ahead and made it five on Tuesday. In a tight matchup that could have gone either way, they made off with a 29-28 win over Erie. That's another feather in the cap for Jayhawk Linn, who also won these teams' last head-to-head.
Erie lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Alexandra Pasquarelli, who scored eight points along with eight rebounds and three blocks. The team also got some help courtesy of Kinzie Cleaver, who scored four points along with eight rebounds and four steals.
Jayhawk Linn has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-4 record this season. As for Erie, they dropped their record down to 3-12 with that loss, which was their fourth straight at home.
Jayhawk Linn will take on Central Heights at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Jayhawk Linn's defense has only allowed 27.9 points per game this season, so Central Heights' offense will have their work cut out for them. As for Erie, they will head out on the road to square off against Sedan at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Erie is facing Sedan at the right time seeing as Sedan is stuck on a four-game losing streak.