The St. Andrew's Episcopal Lions will be home for the holidays to greet the Oakland Mills Scorpions at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
St. Andrew's Episcopal is ranked highly in their home state, and on Friday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Mercersburg Academy. Everything went St. Andrew's Episcopal's way against Mercersburg Academy as St. Andrew's Episcopal made off with a 56-36 win. For those curious, yes, that was the biggest victory St. Andrew's Episcopal has managed all season.
Sophia Brooks and Lamaria Estridge were among the main playmakers for St. Andrew's Episcopal as the former dropped a double-double on 12 points and ten rebounds and the latter scored 14 points along with five rebounds. The match was Brooks' fourth in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Olivia Strause, who scored six points along with eight rebounds.
Meanwhile, Oakland Mills scored the most points they've had all season to find success on Friday. They put the hurt on Reservoir with a sharp 57-37 victory. The win made it back-to-back wins for Oakland Mills.
The win was the third in a row for St. Andrew's Episcopal, bringing their record for this year to 5-1. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive dominance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.7 points per game. As for Oakland Mills, they now have a winning record of 3-2.