The International Jaguars will challenge the Athenian Owls at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (International has four straight wins, Athenian has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
On Friday, International didn't have too much trouble with The Bay School as they won 62-47.
Meanwhile, Athenian came up short against Cornerstone Christian on Thursday and fell 58-46. While losing is never fun, the Owls can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 579th, while the Cougars are ranked 157th).
International is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a massive bump to their 11-11 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.2 points per game. As for Athenian, they now have a losing record at 9-10.
International couldn't quite finish off Athenian when the teams last played back in March of 2024 and fell 60-57. Thankfully for International, Surya Devasenapathy (who posted 25 points) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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