Basketball Game Preview: North Salinas Vikings vs. Soledad Aztecs

By Team Reports Feb 9, 2025, 1:08am

Basketball Preview: North Salinas Vikings vs. Soledad Aztecs

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North Salinas and Soledad are an even 5-5 against one another since December of 2017, but not for long. The North Salinas Vikings will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against the Soledad Aztecs at 7:00 p.m. North Salinas is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 51.5 points per game this season.

North Salinas was handed a heart-breaking two-point defeat in their last contest, but they sure didn't let that happen against King City on Wednesday. North Salinas blew past King City 51-23. The Vikings haven't had any issues with the Mustangs recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive win against them.

Jayden Guevara

Field Goal Percentage (Career)

02/05/25 @ King City67%
12/10/24 @ North Monterey County63%
12/07/24 vs York56%
01/10/25 @ Pacific Collegiate50%
12/26/24 @ Rancho San Juan50%

North Salinas' win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Jayden Guevara, who posted nine points. The dominant performance also gave Guevara a new career-high in shooting accuracy (67%). Another player making a difference was Arjun Gakhal, who scored four points and four blocks.

Meanwhile, Soledad strolled past King City with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 54-36.

Soledad has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-10 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.9 points over those games. As for North Salinas, the victory got them back to even at 11-11.

Things could have been worse for North Salinas, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 59-45 loss to Soledad when the teams last played back in January. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Soledad's Pablo Morales Iv, who earned 24 points and five rebounds. Now that North Salinas knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.

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