The Pinole Valley Spartans and the Santa Cruz Cardinals will round out the year against one another at at 4:55 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Pinole Valley is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They secured a 65-59 W over De Anza on Monday. The team's explosion on offense also rewarded the Spartans with their most commanding win of the season.
Jaylin Reed continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, dropping a double-double on 25 points and 14 boards. That makes it five consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of Pinole Valley's points. Another player making a difference was De'Ari Simmons, who went 7 of 12 en route to 17 points and seven assists.
Pinole Valley was working as a unit and finished the game with 18 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since back in January.
Meanwhile, Santa Cruz ended up a good deal behind Mountain View on Friday and lost 70-56. While losing is never fun, the Cardinals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 448th, while the Spartans are ranked 121st).
Santa Cruz has traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four games, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-5 record this season. As for Pinole Valley, the win got them back to even at 4-4.
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