Two dominant guards in Mana Winitana and JJ Apathjang are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The American Heritage Patriots will head out to take on the Judge Memorial Catholic Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Tuesday, American Heritage lost to Timpview on the road by a 89-72 margin. While losing is never fun, the Patriots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Utah basketball rankings (they are ranked 64th, while the Thunderbirds are ranked first).
Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, Judge Memorial Catholic's good fortune finally ran out on Friday. They took a 69-61 hit to the loss column at the hands of Green Canyon. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Saturday (55), the Bulldogs still had to take the loss.
Loss or not, Judge Memorial Catholic got some senior leadership from Deng Deng and Apathjang. Deng went 6 for 11 from beyond the arc on his way to 27 points, while Apathjang posted 20 points in addition to seven assists and six boards. Apathjang's evening made it nine games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Aymen Ismail, who had six points and five rebounds.
Judge Memorial Catholic's defeat dropped their record down to 10-8. As for American Heritage, they dropped their record down to 8-9 with the loss, which was their fourth straight on the road.
American Heritage strolled past Judge Memorial Catholic in their previous meeting back in February of 2024 by a score of 73-58. The rematch might be a little tougher for American Heritage since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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