Oceanside and Sage Creek are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2019, but not for long. The Oceanside Pirates will venture away from home to square off against the Sage Creek Bobcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Wednesday, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Oceanside beat Mission Vista 62-57. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Pirates.
Meanwhile, Sage Creek had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 37.6 points) and they went ahead and made it six on Thursday. They walked away with a 62-53 win over the Saints.
Sage Creek's win came from a few key players Oceanside will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Elijah Stephens, who almost dropped a double-double on 20 points and nine boards. Another player making a difference was Elias Samady, who posted 14 points.
Sage Creek is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a massive bump to their 14-7 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 72.2 points per game. As for Oceanside, the victory got them back to even at 11-11.
Oceanside took a serious blow against Sage Creek when the teams last played on January 15th, falling 74-40. Can Oceanside avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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