Preview: Eastlake Falcons vs. Americas Trail Blazers
Eastlake is 0-10 against Americas since November of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Eastlake Falcons will look to defend their home court against the Americas Trail Blazers at 7:30 p.m. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Eastlake sitting on five straight victories and Americas on four.
Last Friday, Eastlake didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Coronado, but they still walked away with a 37-32 win.
Eastlake's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Braeden Quigley, who scored ten points along with six rebounds and three steals. Another player making a difference was Mateo Lares, who scored ten points along with three steals.
Meanwhile, Americas earned a 49-38 win over Franklin on Friday.
Americas' success was spearheaded by the efforts of JOSH PICHARDO, who scored 12 points, and AIDEN MARQUEZ, who scored ten points along with two steals. The team also got some help courtesy of VINNIE VICENCIO, who scored six points.
Eastlake has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 15-11 record this season. As for Americas, their victory was their 12th straight at home, which pushed their record up to 22-2.
Keep an eye on the arc in Tuesday's match: Eastlake have made nailing deep shots look easy this year this season, having only averaged 5.2 threes per game. It's a different story for Americas, though, as they've been averaging only 4.4 threes per game. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Eastlake suffered a grim 51-31 defeat to Americas when the teams last played back in November of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of MARQUEZ, who scored 18 points along with five rebounds and three blocks. Now that Eastlake knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
