Two dominant guards in Logan Ardent and Tavid Johnson are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The El Camino Wildcats and the Francis Parker Lancers will face off at 8:30 p.m. on Friday without much rest having both just played. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
It was a proper cat-fight when El Camino took on Douglas on Thursday. El Camino managed a 72-68 victory over Douglas. The win was all the more spectacular given the Wildcats' disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 356th in California, while the Tigers are ranked 38th in Nevada).
Meanwhile, Francis Parker came tearing into Thursday's game with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 24.3 points) and they left with even more momentum. Couldn't have asked for a better way to wrap up 2024 than the 70-42 stomp they got against the Warriors. The Lancers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won five contests by 28 points or more this season.
Francis Parker found their leader in sophomore Johnson, who went 7 for 15 on his way to 20 points in addition to seven assists and five steals. The matchup was Johnson's 21st in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Amon Andrews, who went 6 for 14 on his way to 17 points and three steals.
Francis Parker is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 68.1 points per game. As for El Camino, their victory bumped their record up to 5-6.
El Camino came up short against Francis Parker in their previous meeting back in February of 2022, falling 65-56. Thankfully for El Camino, Camden Mccormick (who dropped a double-double on 29 points and 14 boards) 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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