Citrus Valley is 2-8 against Redlands East Valley since February of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Citrus Valley Blackhawks will challenge the Redlands East Valley Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. Citrus Valley has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
Last Thursday, Citrus Valley was just a bucket shy of victory and fell 54-53 to Cajon. While losing is never fun, the Blackhawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 754th, while the Cowboys are ranked 362nd).
Meanwhile, a well-balanced attack led Redlands East Valley over Beaumont in every quarter on their way to victory on Thursday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Redlands East Valley blew Beaumont out of the water with an 86-53 final score. The Wildcats pushed the score to 72-45 by the end of the third, a deficit the Cougars had little chance of recovering from.
Citrus Valley better focus on containing Dariel Bahamontes and Demaj Moore as the pair were huge in Redlands East Valley's win. Bahamontes dropped a double-double on 25 points and 13 boards, while Moore went 9 for 16 en route to 22 points and six rebounds. The match was Bahamontes' fourth in a row with at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Mason Young, who went 5 of 10 on his way to 15 points.
Redlands East Valley was working as a unit and finished the game with 19 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since back in December of 2024.
Redlands East Valley has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-13 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 75.3 points per game. As for Citrus Valley, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-13.
Citrus Valley came up short against Redlands East Valley in their previous matchup back in January, falling 58-49. Can Citrus Valley avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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