Recap: Central Valley Hawks vs. Modesto Panthers
Even though the Modesto Panthers scored an imposing 58 points on Tuesday, the Central Valley Hawks still came out on top. Central Valley took their contest against Modesto 71-58. With that victory, Central Valley brought their scoring average up to 55 points per game.
Among those leading the charge was Sahibjot Deal, who dropped a double-double on 12 points and 10 rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Emmanuel Carranza, who scored 8 points along with 6 rebounds and 3 steals.
Despite the loss, Modesto still got an impressive performance from Phillip Gonder, who scored 17 points along with 9 rebounds and 3 steals. Gonder scored a full 29.3% of Modesto's points, the second time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Andrew Poulsen, who scored 10 points along with 3 steals.
Central Valley now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Modesto, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-1.
Central Valley will head out on the road to face off against Johansen at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Johansen will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps California Rankings (they are ranked 1040th, while Central Valley is ranked 460th). Modesto won't have much time to rest: their next contest is against Ceres at 7:30 p.m. on November 29th. Ceres is strutting with some offensive muscle, as they've averaged 58.8 points per game.
