Poly Defeats Mercy 57-42- Top Performers

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>In a highly anticipated match-up between two of the area's top 10 teams, Mercy traveled to Poly to square up. The gym was packed on both sides, but the game never really lived up to the hype. Mercy got 4 quick points from [player_tooltip player_id='540040' first='Myah' last='Hazelton'] but ended up with only 10 points at the half, thanks to Poly's constant pressure. The Lady Engineers were able to slow Mercy's offense down with strong on ball pressure at the point of attack and excellent help defense when needed. They led 25-10 at the break and never really looked back. Rebounding was heavily in Poly's favor as they crashed the boards relentlessly on their way to a comfortable win. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["142834"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":["override_image"],"_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_player_featured_image":570712,"_player_evaluations_0_player_featured_image":"field_62f141137ead9","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"Trinity had a solid all-around game with 16 points and 11 rebounds. In the second half she really asserted herself and wore down her opponents. 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