If the La Jolla Vikings were riding high off their 73-52 takedown of the Crawford Colts on Tuesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. La Jolla fell to University City 58-52. While losing is never fun, La Jolla can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 374th, while University City is ranked 177th).
Loss or not, La Jolla got some senior leadership from Elijah Vaz who scored 23 points and Michael Contreras who scored 16 points. Contreras scored a full 30.8% of La Jolla's points, the fifth time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points.
La Jolla's loss dropped their record down to 12-8. As for University City, the win (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 13-6.
La Jolla will head out on the road to face off against San Dieguito Academy at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. As for University City, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Olympian at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. Olympian has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 798 points over their last 12 contests.
