The Blue Ridge Yellow Jackets are taking a road trip to challenge the Yuma Catholic Shamrocks at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Blue Ridge has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with eight straight losses, while Yuma Catholic will come in with seven straight victories.
Last Wednesday, Blue Ridge had to suffer through a 51-22 loss at the hands of Snowflake. While losing is never fun, the Yellow Jackets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arizona basketball rankings (they are ranked 127th, while the Lobos are ranked 13th).
Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Yuma Catholic on Thursday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew Chino Valley out of the water with a 66-12 final score. The Shamrocks have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 17 matchups by 20 points or more this season.
Blue Ridge better focus on containing Amelia Borrallo and Amanda Wiley as the pair were huge in Yuma Catholic's win. Borrallo went 7 of 13 to rack up 18 points and eight steals, while Wiley dropped a double-double on 19 points and ten rebounds. The game was Wiley's third in a row with at least 19 points. Another player making a difference was Kimora Coleman, who posted ten points and eight boards.
Yuma Catholic smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 26 offensive boards. That's the most offensive rebounds they've posted since the start of last season.
Yuma Catholic pushed their record up to 19-7 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 56 points. As for Blue Ridge, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-16.
Blue Ridge came up short against Yuma Catholic when the teams last played back in December of 2022, falling 52-39. Can Blue Ridge avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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