The Summit Shasta Black Bears will challenge the Castilleja Gators at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Summit Shasta will be looking to extend their current 11-game winning streak.
Summit Shasta is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They strolled past St. Francis with points to spare, taking the game 59-43.
Meanwhile, Castilleja had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 24.6 points) and they went ahead and made it six on Thursday. They walked away with a 26-13 win over the Chieftains. Given the Gators' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 128th in California, while the Chieftains are ranked 452nd in California), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Castilleja's victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 20-3. Those victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 23.2 points over those games. As for Summit Shasta, their win bumped their record up to 17-5.
Summit Shasta strolled past Castilleja when the teams last played back in February of 2020 by a score of 73-58. Does Summit Shasta have another victory up their sleeve, or will Castilleja turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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