The El Capitan Vaqueros will face off against the Poway Titans at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
El Capitan will bounce into Friday's contest after beating Granite Hills, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. El Capitan walked away with a 58-48 victory over Granite Hills on Wednesday. The score was all tied up 22-22 at the break, but the Vaqueros were the better team in the second half.
Trevin Curo and Jason Wilson were among the main playmakers for El Capitan as the former dropped a double-double on 13 points and 18 rebounds and the latter dropped a double-double on 21 points and 11 rebounds. That makes it three consecutive games in which Wilson has scored at least a third of El Capitan's points. Another player making a difference was Chance Smith, who earned ten points plus six rebounds and two steals.
El Capitan smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 21 offensive rebounds. That's the most offensive rebounds they've posted since back in January.
Meanwhile, Poway's undefeated season came to an end after three games on Friday. They took a 64-60 hit to the loss column at the hands of Eastlake. The loss was Poway's first of the season.
The win got El Capitan back to even at 3-3. As for Poway, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 3-1.
El Capitan was taken down by Poway 89-26 in their previous meeting back in November of 2016. Can El Capitan avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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