Basketball Game Preview: Vanguard College Prep Lions vs. Don Pedro Panthers

Vanguard College Prep has gone 7-0 against Don Pedro recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. A feisty cat fight is on tap when the Vanguard College Prep Lions face off against the Don Pedro Panthers at 5:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Vanguard College Prep has five straight wins, Don Pedro has 20 straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.

If Vanguard College Prep beats Don Pedro with 79 points on Thursday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. Vanguard College Prep really took it to Humphreys Able Charter for the full four quarters, racking up a 79-41 victory. With the Lions ahead 47-23 at the half, the game was all but over already.

Vanguard College Prep got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Nathan Muriithi out in front who dropped a double-double on 25 points and 14 boards. Muriithi's evening made it three games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Mathew Prak, who went 7 for 12 en route to 21 points.

Vanguard College Prep was working as a unit and finished the game with 24 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.

Meanwhile, Don Pedro played a tough contest on Friday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They had to suffer through a 81-2 loss at the hands of Stockton Christian. The Panthers were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 49-2.

Vanguard College Prep has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 10-10 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 67.3 points per game. As for Don Pedro, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-5.

Everything came up roses for Vanguard College Prep against Don Pedro when the teams last played back in January of 2024, as the squad secured a 72-5 victory. In that game, Vanguard College Prep amassed a halftime lead of 41-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Thursday.