A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Jordan Panthers challenge the Cabrillo Jaguars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday... Jordan knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past 11 matches -- so hopefully Cabrillo likes a good challenge.
Jordan is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by Compton to the tune of 120-90 on Wednesday. With the Panthers ahead 60-36 at the half, the contest was all but over already.
Meanwhile, Cabrillo rang in the new year with a 76-66 victory over Lynwood on Monday. Given the Jaguars' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 294th, while the Knights are ranked 912th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Jordan better keep an eye on Lincoln Dean. He was instrumental in Cabrillo's win, going 6 for 9 from beyond the arc on his way to 27 points. Those 27 points gave Dean a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Mason Johnson, who dropped a double-double on 13 points and ten boards.
Cabrillo has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-6 record this season. As for Jordan, their win was their first in the league, bumping their league record up to 1-2 and their overall record up to 11-6.
Jordan came up short against Cabrillo when the teams last played back in January of 2024, falling 68-61. Can Jordan avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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