Basketball Recap: Santa Rosa Academy Now 3-1 over Last Four Games

If San Jacinto Valley Academy wanted to avenge their loss from the last time they played Santa Rosa Academy, they should've done a better job of containing Chris Jones. Everything went the Santa Rosa Academy Rangers' way against the San Jacinto Valley Academy Wolves on Friday as the Santa Rosa Academy Rangers made off with a 65-44 victory thanks in part to Jones, who went 6 of 15 on his way to 16 points in addition to eight boards and six assists. Those eight rebounds gave him a new career-high.

The team also got some help courtesy of Austyn Hopkins, who posted 12 points along with eight boards and seven assists. He has been hot recently, having also posted three or more steals the last three times he's played.

Despite the loss, San Jacinto Valley Academy still got an impressive performance from Day Edwards, who put up 17 points. Another player making a difference was Brayden Hutchinson, who earned nine points.

Santa Rosa Academy is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 15-9 record this season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 26.7 points. As for San Jacinto Valley Academy, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 6-10.

Santa Rosa Academy will be playing in front of their home fans against San Jacinto Leadership Academy at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. San Jacinto Leadership Academy is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 57.5 points per game this season. San Jacinto Valley Academy has already played their next contest (against California School for the Deaf-Riverside), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.