The Edison Chargers will venture away from home to take on the Los Alamitos Griffins at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
On Wednesday, Edison didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Huntington Beach, but they still walked away with a 60-56 win. Given the Chargers' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 97th, while the Oilers are ranked 332nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Los Alamitos has been a dominant force so far, but they're in the middle of a mini-slump at the moment. They were two points away from ending the streak, but they lost a 92-90 heartbreaker at the hands of Inglewood. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Saturday (75), the Griffins still had to take the loss.
Edison's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 16-8. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 62.8 points per game. As for Los Alamitos, their defeat dropped their record down to 14-8.
Edison was taken down by Los Alamitos 74-44 in their previous matchup on January 3rd. Can Edison avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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