The Burlingame Panthers will head out on the road to take on the Aptos Mariners at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Burlingame is no doubt hoping to put an end to a six-game streak of away losses.
Two teams were on the hunt for playoff glory, but only Burlingame walked away with it. Everything went their way against the Panthers on Saturday as they made off with a 70-46 win. The contest was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point Burlingame had established a 22 point advantage.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Burlingame to victory, but perhaps none more so than Alain Kazarian, who scored 23 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Marcus Tapia, who scored 15 points.
Meanwhile, after a string of seven wins, Aptos' good fortune finally ran out last Saturday. They took a 43-36 hit to the loss column at the hands of Santa Cruz. While losing is never fun, Aptos can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 290th, while Santa Cruz is ranked 132nd).
Aptos might have lost, but man, Mateo Calfe was a machine: he scored 17 points along with five rebounds. Another player making a difference was Johnny Cornejo, who scored seven points.
Burlingame's victory bumped their record up to 11-14. As for Aptos, their defeat dropped their record down to 18-8.
Burlingame didn't have too much breathing room in their match against Aptos in their previous meeting back in February of 2023, but they still walked away with a 42-37 victory. Will Burlingame repeat their success, or does Aptos have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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