Basketball Game Preview: Manual Arts Toilers vs. West Adams Panthers

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Previous Games

02/12/25 - Home	73-33 W
01/29/25 - Away	79-29 W
01/26/24 - Home	94-34 W
01/10/24 - Away	93-39 W
01/23/23 - Away	77-44 W
+ 5 more games

Manual Arts has gone a perfect 10-0 against West Adams recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Wednesday. The Toilers will challenge the Panthers at 4:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, these teams will really light up the scoreboard.

As a matter of fact, Manual Arts put up the most points they have all season on Friday. They came out on top against Jefferson by a score of 57-48. The victory was some much needed relief for the Toilers as it spelled an end to their four-game losing streak.

Corlin Coleman-Boyles and Makarius Westbrook were among the main playmakers for Manual Arts as the former shot 57% from the field on his way to 16 points and seven steals and the latter posted 17 points along with six boards and four steals. Those seven steals gave Coleman-Boyles a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Adrian Collins, who scored five points.

Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter and that's exactly how it played out for West Adams on Monday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew Elizabeth out of the water with an 82-39 final score. The contest was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Panthers had established a 26-point advantage.

West Adams' win came from a few key players Manual Arts will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was JAYDEN LOPEZ, who dropped a double-double with 21 points and 14 rebounds. He is on a roll when it comes to boards, as he's now pulled down ten or more in each of the last three games he's played. Another player making a difference was JORGE GUEVARA-LOPEZ, who went 12-for-18 to rack up 30 points in addition to eight rebounds and six assists.

West Adams smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 20 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least 12 offensive rebounds in five consecutive matchups.

Manual Arts' record is now 3-4. As for West Adams, their record now sits at 2-4.

Everything came up roses for Manual Arts against West Adams in their previous meeting back in February, as the team secured a 73-33 win. In that game, the Toilers amassed a halftime lead of 34-10, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Wednesday.