The Shafter Generals and the Stockdale Mustangs will face off at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Shafter saw some tournament action on Friday. They fell 68-57 to Garces Memorial. The Generals haven't had much luck with the Rams recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.
The loss doesn't tell the whole story though, as several players had good games. One of the most active was Caleb Torres, who went 7 for 11 en route to 17 points. Another player making a difference was Adin Cardenas, who almost dropped a double-double on ten points and nine assists.
Even though they lost, Shafter was working as a unit and finished the game with 16 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since back in December of 2023.
Meanwhile, Stockdale came up short against Bakersfield on Friday and fell 67-56. The Mustangs were down 58-36 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Stockdale's loss was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-1. As for Shafter, their defeat dropped their record down to an identical 1-1.
Shafter suffered a grim 64-44 defeat to Stockdale in their previous meeting back in December of 2016. Can Shafter avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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