Santee is 0-10 against Manual Arts since January of 2019 but things could change on Friday. The Santee Falcons will welcome the Manual Arts Toilers at 4:30 p.m. One thing working in Santee's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last five games.
Santee is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past West Adams 87-43 on Monday. The matchup was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Falcons had established a 31 point advantage.
02/03/25 vs West Adams | 30 |
01/22/25 @ Manual Arts | 27 |
01/15/25 @ West Adams | 27 |
01/25/25 @ Diego Rivera | 21 |
01/26/24 @ Jefferson | 19 |
Santee's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Michael Aldridge JR, who posted 30 points in addition to eight steals and five assists. Those 30 points gave Aldridge JR a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Darnell Miller, who dropped a double-double on 27 points and 19 boards.
Meanwhile, after a string of eight wins, Manual Arts' good fortune finally ran out on Wednesday. They took a 63-51 hit to the loss column at the hands of Los Angeles.
Manual Arts' defeat was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 8-1 and their overall record down to 13-9. As for Santee, their victory bumped their record up to 4-14.
Santee might still be hurting after the 92-69 loss they got from Manual Arts when the teams last played two weeks ago. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Manual Arts' Devin Moody, who dropped a double-double on 56 points and 23 rebounds. Now that Santee 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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