Basketball Recap: Santa Ana Valley Falcons vs. Samueli Academy Firewolves
Santa Ana Valley entered their matchup against Samueli Academy on Thursday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Santa Ana Valley Falcons fell 40-29 to the Samueli Academy Firewolves. The Falcons were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Firewolves apparently hadn't forgotten their loss the last time these teams played back in November of 2023.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Samueli Academy to victory, but perhaps none more so than Zack Castruita, who posted eight points plus five rebounds and three steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Julian Chanelo, who had ten points plus five rebounds and three steals.
This is the second loss in a row for Santa Ana Valley and nudges their season record down to 2-2. As for Samueli Academy, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-0.
Santa Ana Valley and Santa Ana will face off at 7:10 p.m. on Friday without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Santa Ana Valley is facing Santa Ana at the right time seeing as Santa Ana is stuck on a three-game losing streak. As for Samueli Academy, they will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Katella at 6:30 p.m. on December 2nd.
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