Basketball Game Preview: Crespi Celts vs. Harvard-Westlake Wolverines

Crespi is 1-9 against Harvard-Westlake since February of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Crespi Celts just played yesterday, but they'll still head out to face the Harvard-Westlake Wolverines at 7:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.

Crespi is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing Bishop Alemany: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Crespi blew Bishop Alemany out of the water with an 80-52 final score. Given the Celts' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 18th, while the Warriors are ranked 70th), the result on Monday wasn't entirely unexpected.

Peyton White

Points

02/03/25 vs Bishop Alemany	26
02/01/25 vs Bishop Alemany	24
01/30/25 vs Notre Dame (SO)	15
01/28/25 @ Loyola	18
01/24/25 vs Chaminade	18

Peyton White continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, going 8 for 14 en route to 26 points and five boards. His evening made it five games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. Isaiah Barnes was another key player, going 6 of 7 on his way to 18 points and six rebounds.

Meanwhile, Harvard-Westlake had already won 15 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 22.1 points) and they went ahead and made it 16 on Saturday. They walked away with a 59-52 victory over the Golden Knights.

Crespi has also been performing well recently as they've won 13 of their last 16 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 20-7 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 69.6 points per game. As for Harvard-Westlake, their win was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 25-1.

Crespi came up short against Harvard-Westlake when the teams last played back in January, falling 67-56. Can Crespi avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.