After flying high against the Crawford Colts last Tuesday, the La Jolla Vikings came back down to earth. La Jolla fell to University City 58-52. While losing is never fun, La Jolla can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 374th, while University City is ranked 177th).
Loss or not, La Jolla got some senior leadership from Elijah Vaz who scored 23 points and Michael Contreras who scored 16 points along with nine rebounds and two steals. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Vaz has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Jackson Diehl, who scored two points along with seven rebounds and three steals.
La Jolla's loss dropped their record down to 12-8. As for University City, the victory was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 13-6.
La Jolla will head out on the road to face off against San Dieguito Academy at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. San Dieguito Academy has now lost seven straight, and the team is hunting for their first win since December 20. As for University City, they will look to defend their home court on Saturday against Olympian at 6:00 p.m. One thing working in Olympian's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last 12 games.
