Basketball Game Preview: Alemany Warriors vs. Santa Cruz Cardinals

By Team Reports Mar 7, 2024, 2:21am

Preview: Alemany Warriors vs. Santa Cruz Cardinals

Alemany has enjoyed a four-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will challenge the Santa Cruz Cardinals at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Alemany's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last ten games.

Alemany extended their postseason success on Tuesday against Bosco Tech. They walked away with a 74-63 victory over the Tigers. Having run the score up that high, both teams probably have some extra defensive drills coming up.

Meanwhile, Santa Cruz came tearing into Tuesday's match with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 16.3 points) and they left with even more momentum. They secured a 61-56 W over Bullard. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.

Santa Cruz's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Ben Dotten led the charge by dropping a double-double on 14 points and 11 rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Kirby Seals, who scored 12 points along with three blocks.

Alemany has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 contests, which provided a massive bump to their 24-15 record this season. As for Santa Cruz, they pushed their record up to 27-6 with that win, which was their ninth straight at home.

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