The St. Vincent de Paul Mustangs will challenge the Averroes Falcon at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday.
St. Vincent de Paul is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Rancho Cotate just ended the team's five-game winning streak on Thursday. They took a 56-43 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Cougars. While losing is never fun, the Mustangs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 526th, while the Cougars are ranked 247th).
Meanwhile, a well-balanced attack led Averroes over Apostles Lutheran in every quarter on their way to victory on Wednesday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Averroes blew Apostles Lutheran out of the water with a 66-34 final score. The Falcon pushed the score to 49-27 by the end of the third, a deficit the Falcons had little chance of recovering from.
St. Vincent de Paul's defeat dropped their record down to 16-9. As for Averroes, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-9 record this season.
Everything came up roses for St. Vincent de Paul against Averroes in their previous meeting back in December of 2015, as the team secured a 62-11 win. In that game, St. Vincent de Paul amassed a halftime lead of 31-4, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Saturday.
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