
Eagles
01/30/25 vs Highland | 68 |
01/16/25 vs Bakersfield | 65 |
01/14/25 @ Highland | 59 |
12/11/24 vs Ridgeview | 57 |
01/23/25 vs Garces Memorial | 55 |
It was a Battle of the Birds when Bakersfield Christian duked it out with Independence on Thursday. The Bakersfield Christian Eagles breezed past the Independence Falcons to the tune of 72-26. The Eagles have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won ten contests by 33 points or more this season.
Bakersfield Christian had a senior duo take command as Ruby Yanagi went 8 of 14 to rack up 25 points in addition to five boards and four steals and Ajulene Rivera posted 17 points along with seven steals and five rebounds. With that strong performance, Rivera is now averaging an impressive 2 steals per game. Alexis Bila was another key player, putting up eight points and seven assists.
Bakersfield Christian smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 13 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive boards in 22 consecutive games.
Bakersfield Christian is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-13 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 29.9 points over those games. As for Independence, their defeat dropped their record down to 12-10.
Bakersfield Christian has already played their next contest, a 70-51 loss against Sierra Pacific on the 8th. As for Independence, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 57-24 defeat against Shafter on the 8th.
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