The St. Bernard's Crusaders extended their postseason success on Monday against the Foothill Cougars. They came out on top against the Cougars by a score of 49-42. The win was nothing new for St. Bernard's as they're now sitting on three straight.
Laila Florvilus was her usual excellent self, scoring 19 points. That makes it five consecutive games in which she has scored at least a third of St. Bernard's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jocelyn Sundberg, who scored eight points.
Loss or not, Foothill got some senior leadership from Lexi Peters and Lyndsey Knoch. Peters scored 20 points along with seven rebounds and three blocks, while Knoch. scored seven points along with seven rebounds and two steals. Peters has been hot recently, having posted 15 or more points the last five times she's played. Another player making a difference was Riley Sedlak, who scored six points along with five steals.
St. Bernard's has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 19 of their last 22 games, which provided a nice bump to their 28-5 record this season. As for Foothill, their defeat was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 21-10.
St. Bernard's has the luxury of staying home another game and will welcome Arcata at 7:00 p.m. on March 6th. The matchup should be an exciting one, as these teams are closely ranked in California (St. Bernard's is ranked 63rd, while Arcata is ranked 80th). Foothill does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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