Two dominant guards in Jaylan Virgil and Noah Hargrave are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Laguna Creek Cardinals will welcome the Elk Grove Thundering Herd at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Laguna Creek has struggled recently with four losses in a row, while Elk Grove will arrive with three straight victories.
Laguna Creek is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Oak Ridge on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Laguna Creek was dealt an 85-53 defeat at the hands of Oak Ridge. While losing is never fun, the Cardinals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 681st, while the Trojans are ranked 63rd).
Meanwhile, Elk Grove didn't have too much breathing room in their match against Hillsdale on Saturday, but they still walked away with a 51-47 win.
Elk Grove is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-2 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 65.9 points per game. As for Laguna Creek, their loss dropped their record down to 4-10.
Laguna Creek strolled past Elk Grove when the teams last played back in December of 2023 by a score of 70-51. Will Laguna Creek repeat their success, or does Elk Grove have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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