Basketball Recap: Saturday's Victory Is Bishop Amat's Ninth in Last Ten Outings

Bishop Amat won the last time they faced Atascadero and things went their way on Saturday too. Everything went the Bishop Amat Lancers' way against the Atascadero Greyhounds as the Bishop Amat Lancers made off with a 65-44 victory. Given the Lancers' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 131st, while the Greyhounds are ranked 323rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Bishop Amat's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Aiden Shaw led the charge by dropping a double-double on 15 points and ten boards. The dominant performance also gave Shaw a new career-high in assists (eight). Rayshaun White was another key player, almost dropping a double-double on 20 points and nine rebounds.

Bishop Amat smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 15 offensive boards. That's the most offensive rebounds they've managed all season.

Bishop Amat has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-3 record this season. As for Atascadero, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 10-6.

When Bishop Amat and Atascadero next hit the court, they'll be up against teams who recently just can't seem to lose. Bishop Amat will try to stop Great Oak's seven-game winning streak when the meet at 5:00 p.m. on January 4th. Bishop Amat is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 64.9 points per game this season. Meanwhile, Atascadero will try to stop Lompoc's four-game winning streak when the meet at 3:30 p.m. on Friday.