The Bishop Gorman Gaels will face off against the La Vega Pirates at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Saturday, Bishop Gorman made easy work of O'Connor and carried off a 74-54 victory. The Gaels pushed the score to 60-36 by the end of the third, a deficit the Eagles cut but never quite recovered from.
Aaliah Spaight was a one-man wrecking crew for Bishop Gorman as she shot 6-for-6 from long range and dropped a double-double on 29 points and 12 rebounds. The matchup was Spaight's seventh in a row with at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Addysen Carr, who dropped a double-double on 16 points and ten rebounds.
Bishop Gorman was working as a unit and finished the game with 18 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as O'Connor only racked up 12.
Meanwhile, La Vega and Memorial met for a duel on Saturday where La Vega prevailed. La Vega narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Memorial 66-64. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Pirates have posted since December 12, 2023.
La Vega has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-4 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.8 points per game. As for Bishop Gorman, the win got them back to even at 1-1.
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