Basketball Recap: North Salinas Victorious

By Team Reports Dec 28, 2024, 1:35pm

Basketball Recap: North Salinas Vikings vs. Gonzales Spartans

Gonzales came into Friday's match looking for another win against North Salinas, but Jayden Guevara wouldn't allow it. The North Salinas Vikings took down the Gonzales Spartans 56-39 on Friday thanks in part to Guevara, who posted 14 points. He has been hot recently, having also posted two or more steals the last four times he's played.

Jesse Mendez

Assists (Career)

12/27/24 vs Gonzales4
01/17/24 vs Gonzales3
01/31/24 vs King City3
01/10/24 @ King City3
12/26/24 @ Rancho San Juan2

Jesse Mendez was another key player, putting up four points. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in assists (four).

The victory got North Salinas back to even at 5-5. As for Gonzales, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 4-6.

North Salinas and Marina will face off at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played. As for Gonzales, they will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Soledad at 7:00 p.m. on January 6, 2025.

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