After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Portage Central, the Mattawan Wildcats were happy to have found some success on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Berrien Springs as Mattawan made off with a 62-36 victory. Mattawan pushed the score to 52-25 by the end of the third, a deficit Berrien Springs cut but never quite recovered from.
Delaney Elsmore was her usual excellent self, scoring 21 points along with eight rebounds and eight steals. She has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last 15 times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Zhia Martin, who scored 16 points along with seven steals and five rebounds.
The win got Mattawan back to even at 9-9. As for Berrien Springs, they have not been sharp recently as the team has lost four of their last five contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 7-12 record this season.
Mattawan didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 46-36 victory vs. Portage Northern on the 22nd. Berrien Springs will head out on the road to take on Hackett Catholic Prep at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Hackett Catholic Preppresents a significant challenge as they come into the match much higher ranked than Berrien Springs in Michigan (Hackett Catholic Prep is ranked 186th, while Berrien Springs is ranked 395th).
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