Two dominant guards in Leah Shappell and Alivia Bolinger are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Leo Lions will take on the Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran Cadets at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Leo will be looking to extend their current three-game winning streak.
Last Saturday, Leo earned a 49-42 victory over Lakeland.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Leo to victory, but perhaps none more so than Mackenzie Collins, who went 6 for 12 en route to 17 points plus five assists and five rebounds. The dominant performance also gave Collins a new career-high in threes (three). Another player making a difference was Shappell, who earned eight points along with 11 rebounds and four steals.
Leo was working as a unit and finished the game with 15 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, a win for Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran just wasn't in the cards on Tuesday as the squad wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They were dealt an 80-48 loss at the hands of Norwell. The Cadets haven't had much luck with the Knights recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.
Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran now has a losing record at 3-4. As for Leo, their victory bumped their record up to 6-2.
Leo was able to grind out a solid win over Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran when the teams last played back in November of 2023, winning 47-34. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Bolinger, who almost dropped a double-double on 22 points and nine rebounds. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Leo still be able to contain Bolinger? There's only one way to find out.
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