Salesian hasn't had much luck against Bishop Amat recently, but that could start to change on Wednesday. The Salesian Mustangs will be playing at home against the Bishop Amat Lancers at 7:00 p.m.
On Monday, Salesian ended up a good deal behind Sonora and lost 60-46.
Meanwhile, Bishop Amat entered their tilt with Bosco Tech on Saturday with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. They had just enough and edged the Tigers out 61-58. Given the Lancers' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 147th, while the Tigers are ranked 388th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Bishop Amat has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 19-4 record this season. As for Salesian, their loss dropped their record down to 11-10.
Salesian and Bishop Amat were neck-and-neck in their previous matchup two weeks ago, but Salesian came up empty-handed after a 52-51 defeat. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Bishop Amat's Aiden Shaw, who went 5 for 7 on his way to 19 points and three steals. Now that Salesian knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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