The Santa Fe Indians will square off against the Ball Tornadoes at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Santa Fe is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Texas City, posting an 81-34 victory. The team's explosion on offense also rewarded the Indians with their most commanding win of the season.
Meanwhile, Ball waltzed into their matchup on Friday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They claimed a resounding 76-31 win over the Stingarees. The Tornadoes have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won six contests by 23 points or more this season.
Santa Fe better focus on containing Braeon Arceneaux and Kalyn Toussaint as the pair were huge in Ball's win. Arceneaux went 13 for 29 on her way to 37 points in addition to six steals and five boards, while Toussaint dropped a double-double on 18 points and ten assists. That makes it four consecutive games in which Arceneaux has scored at least a third of Ball's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Piper Holloway, who posted seven points and six rebounds.
Ball has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-8 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 63.7 points per game. As for Santa Fe, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-11.
Santa Fe skirted past Ball 58-55 when the teams last played back in January of 2024. Will Santa Fe repeat their success, or does Ball have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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