The Mid-Pacific Institute Owls and the Oak Ridge Trojans will round out the year against one another at at 2:15 p.m. on Monday. Mid-Pacific Institute has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
Mid-Pacific Institute picked up another tournament win on Saturday. They walked away with a 76-65 win over Bishop Manogue.
| 12/28/24 vs Bishop Manogue | 23 |
| 12/27/24 vs Vista | 31 |
| 12/26/24 vs Oakwood | 23 |
Mid-Pacific Institute's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Logan Mason led the charge by going 10 for 11 on his way to 23 points. Mason's afternoon made it three games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Darius Chizer, who went 8 of 11 en route to 21 points and five assists.
Mid-Pacific Institute was working as a unit and finished the game with 21 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Oak Ridge earned an 82-71 victory over El Camino on Saturday. Given the Trojans' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 57th, while the Wildcats are ranked 356th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Oak Ridge has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-2 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 70.0 points per game. As for Mid-Pacific Institute, their win bumped their record up to 13-6.
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