Basketball Recap: Christopher Extends Winning Streak to Six

Cougars

Previous 6 Games

01/30/25 vs Evergreen Valley	54-49
01/28/25 @ Branham	60-49
01/25/25 @ Leland	59-55
01/21/25 vs Prospect	41-37
01/16/25 vs Pioneer	62-50
01/14/25 @ Willow Glen	51-45

Christopher had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.4 points) and they went ahead and made it six on Thursday. They managed a 54-49 victory over the Evergreen Valley Cougars. This was a revenge game for Christopher: when they faced off against Evergreen Valley on January 9th, they had to take a 55-50 defeat.

Despite the loss, Evergreen Valley still got an impressive performance from Aastha Bhagat, who posted 19 points. That was a full 38.8% of Evergreen Valley's points, marking the third time in a row she's had more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Rayleen Sandhu, who scored 11 points and three steals.

Christopher has been performing well recently as they've won 11 of their last 13 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 15-3 record this season. As for Evergreen Valley, their loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 16-4.

Christopher and Evergreen Valley should be looking forward to their upcoming games as both have a sizable advantage in the MaxPreps California Rankings. Christopher will challenge Willow Glen at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday up 192 places (180 vs. 372). Meanwhile, Evergreen Valley (ranked 105th) will meet Branham (ranked 218th) at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.