The Temple City Rams just played last yesterday, but they'll still welcome the San Gabriel Matadors at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday. Temple City will be strutting in after a win while San Gabriel will be coming in after a loss.
Temple City is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. Couldn't have asked for a better way to wrap up 2024 than the 79-31 stomp they got against Mountain View. With the Rams ahead 47-10 at the half, the game was all but over already.
Justin Allen was nothing short of spectacular: he dropped a double-double on 16 points and 17 rebounds. Another player making a difference was Elkan Lai, who made all 5 shots he took to post 15 points.
Meanwhile, San Gabriel was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They were beaten by Santiago 70-40. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest loss the Matadors have suffered since January 2nd.
Temple City has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 7-8 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 60.0 points per game. As for San Gabriel, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-4.
Temple City strolled past San Gabriel when the teams last played back in December of 2022 by a score of 68-54. Will Temple City repeat their success, or does San Gabriel have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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