Basketball Game Preview: Perspectives Leadership/Technology Warriors vs. Yorkville Christian Mustangs

Two dominant guards in Phoenix Childs and Jayden Riley are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Perspectives Leadership/Technology Warriors will face off against the Yorkville Christian Mustangs at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday. Perspectives Leadership/Technology knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past six games -- so hopefully Yorkville Christian likes a good challenge.

On Thursday, Perspectives Leadership/Technology strolled past Northside with points to spare, taking the game 70-55. Given the Warriors' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 145th, while the Mustangs are ranked 566th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Perspectives Leadership/Technology's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Derrick Dowdell Jr led the charge by dropping a double-double on 22 points and ten boards. The dominant performance also gave Dowdell Jr a new career-high in assists (six). Lamar Murphy was another key player, putting up 11 points along with five assists and three steals.

Perspectives Leadership/Technology was working as a unit and finished the game with 24 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.

Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, Yorkville Christian's good fortune finally ran out on Wednesday. They lost 102-77 to Niles North.

Perspectives Leadership/Technology will have to contain Riley as he made an impact in Yorkville Christian's last game. He went 12 for 20 en route to 30 points and seven assists. The team also got some help courtesy of Tray Alford, who posted 17 points.

Perspectives Leadership/Technology has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-7 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 67.6 points per game. As for Yorkville Christian, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 16-7.

Some high-performance offense is likely on the agenda as Perspectives Leadership/Technology and Yorkville Christian are some of the highest scoring teams in the league. Perspectives Leadership/Technology hasn't had any problem running up the score this season, having averaged 66.5 points per game. However, it's not like Yorkville Christian struggles in that department as they've been averaging 79 points. With both teams so easily able to put up points, the only question left is who can run the score up higher Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.