The Central Catholic Raiders will head out on the road to take on the Mountain House Mustangs at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both are strolling into their matchups after big wins in their previous games.
Central Catholic is headed into the contest after thoroughly thrashing East Union: they outscored them in every quarter. Central Catholic blew past East Union 54-29 on Wednesday. Winning may never get old, but the Raiders sure are getting used to it with their third in a row.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Mountain House). They took their game on Wednesday with ease, bagging an 87-47 win over Patterson. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 215th, while the Tigers are ranked 803rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Mountain House has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-8 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 68.5 points per game. As for Central Catholic, their victory bumped their record up to 8-9.
Everything came up roses for Central Catholic against Mountain House in their previous meeting back in February of 2017, as the squad secured an 81-44 win. In that contest, Central Catholic amassed a halftime lead of 42-22, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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