Escondido is 0-6 against El Camino since January of 2017 but things could change on Friday. A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Escondido Cougars duke it out with the El Camino Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. Escondido will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.
While Escondido didn't have the best season last year (they finished 10-18), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They snuck past Coastal Academy with a 53-49 win on Wednesday. Given the Cougars' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 194th, while the Stingrays are ranked 423rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Nathan James and Maddox Mendoza were among the main playmakers for Escondido as the former scored 19 points and the latter earned 16 points. The game was Mendoza's third in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Danny Valadez, who posted seven points.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask El Camino). They strolled past Del Lago Academy with points to spare on Wednesday, taking the game 67-50.
Escondido pushed their record up to 5-1 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. As for El Camino, their win ended a four-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-4.
Escondido suffered a grim 76-55 defeat to El Camino when the teams last played back in May of 2021. Can Escondido avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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