Two dominant guards in Michael Ahern and Julian Chanelo are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Capistrano Valley Christian Eagles will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against the Samueli Academy Firewolves at 7:00 p.m. Capistrano Valley Christian is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 64 points per game this season.
Capistrano Valley Christian is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. The stars were shining brightly for them in an 89-70 victory over Sports Leadership & Management two weeks ago. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Eagles.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Capistrano Valley Christian to victory, but perhaps none more so than Ahern, who dropped a double-double on 36 points and ten rebounds. The dominant performance gave Ahern a new career-high in points. Another player making a difference was Benjamin Makelela, who dropped a double-double on 25 points and 11 boards.
Capistrano Valley Christian was working as a unit and finished the game with 16 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Sports Leadership & Management only posted six assists.
Meanwhile, Samueli Academy played a tough matchup on Monday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They came up short against Savanna, falling 72-52. The Firewolves were down 57-35 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Capistrano Valley Christian will have to keep a close watch on Haset Seyoum and Zack Castruita, a pair of players who had a big impact on Samueli Academy's prior game. Seyoum posted 17 points along with five rebounds and four blocks, while Castruita dropped a double-double on 12 points and ten boards. Seyoum is trending in the right direction considering he's improved his point production for four straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Morgan Ordaz, who put up 11 points and five rebounds.
Capistrano Valley Christian's win bumped their record up to 11-4. As for Samueli Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 6-6.
Rebounding is likely to be a big factor in this contest: Capistrano Valley Christian has crashing the boards this season, having averaged 28.5 boards per game. However, it's not like Samueli Academy struggles in that department as they've been averaging 33.1 rebounds. With both teams battling to corral missed shots, we'll see if one team can grab an edge Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other basketball content.
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