The Freeman Mavericks will face off against the John Marshall Justices at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. John Marshall took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Freeman, who comes in off a win.
Last Friday, Freeman made easy work of J.R. Tucker and carried off a 40-19 win. The Mavericks have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won three contests by 21 points or more this season.
Addie Morton and Jane Miller were among the main playmakers for Freeman as the former posted 22 points and the latter put up ten points. That makes it ten consecutive games in which Morton has scored at least a third of Freeman's points.
Meanwhile, John Marshall entered their game against James Monroe on Saturday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. John Marshall was beaten by James Monroe 73-38. While losing is never fun, the Justices can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 114th, while the Yellow Jackets are ranked 30th).
Freeman pushed their record up to 6-4 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 27.1 points per game. As for John Marshall, their loss ended an 11-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 7-5.
Freeman was dealt a bruising 67-23 defeat at the hands of John Marshall when the teams last played back in January of 2024. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Freeman was down 37-13.
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