Basketball Game Preview: Ygnacio Valley Wolves vs. Pacifica Christian/Orange County Tritons

The Ygnacio Valley Wolves and the Pacifica Christian/Orange County Tritons will round out the year against one another at at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. Ygnacio Valley is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 63.9 points per game this season.

Ygnacio Valley will head into Tuesday's match on the come-up: they were handed a heart-breaking two-point defeat in their last game, but they sure didn't let that happen against Encinal on Tuesday. Everything went Ygnacio Valley's way against Encinal as Ygnacio Valley made off with an 85-65 victory. Given the Wolves' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 200th, while the Jets are ranked 717th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Antonio Kellogg Jr was his usual excellent self, dropping a double-double on 26 points and ten steals. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in steals. Another player making a difference was Todd Tatom Jr., who almost dropped a double-double on ten points and nine assists.

Ygnacio Valley was working as a unit and finished the game with 21 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.

Pacifica Christian/Orange County has been a dominant force so far, but they're in the middle of a mini-slump at the moment. They took a 63-48 bruising from Windward on Saturday.

Pacifica Christian/Orange County's loss dropped their record down to 8-4. As for Ygnacio Valley, they now have a winning record of 5-4.