Two dominant guards in Paul Dreisbach and Daniel Crawford are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Palm Desert Aztecs will challenge the Linfield Christian Lions at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Palm Desert sitting on four straight victories and Linfield Christian on ten.
Palm Desert is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. They strolled past Jordan with points to spare, taking the game 78-63.
Meanwhile, Linfield Christian won against Ontario Christian last Wednesday with 56 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Wednesday. Linfield Christian walked away with a 56-48 win over Sunny Hills.
Linfield Christian pushed their record up to 16-12 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.2 points over those games. As for Palm Desert, their win bumped their record up to 21-8.
Palm Desert might still be hurting after the 64-41 defeat they got from Linfield Christian in their previous meeting back in November of 2024. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Crawford, who went 5-for-9 to rack up 20 points in addition to six assists and six rebounds. Now that Palm Desert knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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