Basketball Preview: Ben Holt College Prep Academy Bobcats vs. Delta Charter Dragons
Ben Holt College Prep Academy is 8-2 against the Dragons since February of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Ben Holt College Prep Academy Bobcats will be playing in front of their home fans against the Delta Charter Dragons at 5:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Stockton Christian typically has all the answers at home, but on Friday Ben Holt College Prep Academy proved too difficult a challenge. They walked away with a 59-51 victory over the Eagles. The win made it back-to-back wins for Ben Holt College Prep Academy.
Tayden Collins continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, dropping a double-double on 27 points and 22 rebounds. That makes it four consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of Ben Holt College Prep Academy's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Sahil Singh, who dropped a double-double on 14 points and 12 rebounds.
Meanwhile, Delta Charter had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 10 points), and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They breezed by Tioga on the road to the tune of 73-19. That 54 point margin sets a new team best for Delta Charter this season.
Ben Holt College Prep Academy pushed their record up to 20-6 with that victory, which was their sixth straight on the road. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive dominance across that stretch, as they averaged 75.2 points per game. As for Delta Charter, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a massive bump to their 6-11 record this season.
Everything came up roses for Ben Holt College Prep Academy against the Dragons in their previous meeting back in January as the squad secured a 86-43 win. Will Ben Holt College Prep Academy repeat their success, or do the Dragons have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
