Basketball Preview: Manual Thunderbolts vs. Montbello Warriors
The Manual Thunderbolts are taking a road trip to challenge the Montbello Warriors at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Montbello took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Manual, who comes in off a win.
While Thunderbolts fans will have to keep waiting for their team to come home, they shouldn't be too worried about the road trip considering the result of Wednesday's season opener. They claimed a resounding 88-33 win over Hinkley. The match was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Thunderbolts had established a 32 point advantage.
Manual's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Marco Arriaga led the charge by almost dropping a double-double on 30 points and nine steals. Nigel Jones was another key player, almost dropping a triple-double on 13 points, nine rebounds, and nine assists.
Manual was working as a unit and finished the game with 21 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Hinkley only posted two.
Meanwhile, Montbello was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They fell 61-50 to Littleton.
Montbello might have lost, but man, Jeveon West was a machine: he went 7 for 14 en route to 17 points plus eight rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Turohn Shinalut, who went 9 for 21 en route to 14 points.
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