Gabrielino had won three straight road games and Ava Yamashita did her part to make it four on Friday. The Gabrielino Eagles came out on top against the Marshall Eagles by a score of 26-18 thanks in part to Yamashita, who almost dropped a double-double on nine points and 11 steals. She has become a key player for Gabrielino: the team is 6-3 when she posts at least three steals, but 4-6 otherwise.
01/24/25 @ Marshall | 4 |
01/21/25 @ South El Monte | 3 |
01/22/24 vs El Monte | 3 |
11/22/24 vs Oxford Academy | 2 |
11/23/24 vs Godinez Fundamental | 2 |
The team also got some help courtesy of Riley Yamaguchi, who posted two points and three steals. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in boards (four).
Gabrielino is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-9 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 17.8 points per game. As for Marshall, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-8.
Gabrielino will square off against South El Monte at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. As for Marshall, they will head out on the road to challenge Rosemead at 5:00 p.m. on Monday.
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