Basketball Recap: Kingsburg Piles Up the Points Against Washington Union

Kingsburg won the last time they faced Washington Union and things went their way on Friday too. The Kingsburg Vikings blew past the Washington Union Panthers 68-26. Given the Vikings' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 472nd, while the Panthers are ranked 1210th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Despite the loss, Washington Union still got an impressive performance from Joseph Stevenson, who posted 14 points. That was a full 53.8% of Washington Union's points, marking the sixth time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points.

Kingsburg is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight games, which provided a massive bump to their 8-10 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 67.3 points per game. As for Washington Union, they are on a seven-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-14.

Kingsburg didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 72-64 loss against Sierra Pacific on the 15th. Washington Union has also already played their next match, a 71-57 defeat against Hanford West on the 15th.