Basketball Game Preview: Cindy Avitia Jaguars vs. KIPP San Jose Collegiate Wolfpack

The Cindy Avitia Jaguars will face off against the KIPP San Jose Collegiate Wolfpack at 5:00 p.m. on Friday.

Cindy Avitia is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Apostles Lutheran just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Friday. They were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 50-49 to the Falcons. While the Jaguars didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Falcons 13-9 in the first quarter.

Meanwhile, KIPP San Jose Collegiate had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 33.2 points) and they went ahead and made it six on Thursday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the Bulldogs 47-45.

KIPP San Jose Collegiate's win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-8. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 59.2 points per game. As for Cindy Avitia, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-8.

Cindy Avitia was dealt a bruising 63-15 loss at the hands of KIPP San Jose Collegiate when the teams last played on January 7th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of KIPP San Jose Collegiate's Christian Ademe-Johnson, who dropped a triple-double on 14 points, 16 boards, and 11 steals. Now that Cindy Avitia knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.