Basketball Preview: Desert Christian Academy Conquerors vs. San Jacinto Leadership Academy Lions
The Desert Christian Academy Conquerors will look to take advantage of their home-court for the first time this season as they take on the San Jacinto Leadership Academy Lions at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are still undefeated (Desert Christian Academy has three wins , while San Jacinto Leadership Academy has six dating back to last season).
Desert Christian Academy will head into Tuesday's match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big two weeks ago (they won by 25) but last Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They skirted past California Lutheran 66-64.
Desert Christian Academy's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Jaden Herling, who went 8 for 16 en route to 24 points plus five assists and three steals. The dominant performance also gave Herling a new career-high in threes (five). Another player making a difference was Augustine Youssef, who went 8 for 16 en route to 23 points plus seven rebounds and three blocks.
Meanwhile, San Jacinto Leadership Academy won against Desert Chapel on Monday with 72 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Wednesday. San Jacinto Leadership Academy walked away with a 72-61 victory over San Jacinto Valley Academy.
San Jacinto Leadership Academy's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Ezra Olguin led the charge by earning 24 points along with five rebounds and three steals. Olguin is on a roll when it comes to steals, as he's now grabbed two or more in the last four games he's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Jake Gagnepain, who scored 22 points plus three steals and two blocks.
Desert Christian Academy pushed their record up to 3-0 with the win, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season. As for San Jacinto Leadership Academy, their victory bumped their record up to an identical 3-0.
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