Basketball Game Recap: King's Academy Knights vs. Castilleja Gators

By Team Reports Jan 30, 2024, 4:20pm

Recap: King's Academy Knights vs. Castilleja Gators

On Friday, the King's Academy Knights's game was all tied up 19-19 at the half, but luckily for them it didn't stay that way. They managed a 39-35 win over Castilleja. That's another feather in the cap for King's Academy, who also won these teams' last head-to-head.

Castilleja's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Landry Agnich, who scored 15 points along with six rebounds, and Antonia Vlahos who dropped a double-double on 13 points and 15 rebounds. That was a full 37.1% of Castilleja's points, marking the 14th time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points.

King's Academy has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a massive bump to their 11-7 record this season. As for Castilleja, they dropped their record down to 9-5 with that loss, which was their fourth straight at home.

King's Academy will take on the Panthers at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Eastside College Prep will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps California Rankings (they are ranked 923rd, while the Knights are ranked 395th). As for Castilleja, they will head out on the road to face off against the Eagles at 5:30 p.m. on Friday.