Basketball Recap: California City Piles Up the Points Against Boron

Ravens

Team Score

12/13/24 vs Boron	103
12/07/24 vs Desert Christian	79
12/06/24 vs Desert	66
12/09/24 @ Arvin	63
11/19/24 vs Santa Clarita Christian	63

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask California City). They breezed by the Boron Bobcats to the tune of 103-36 on Friday. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 57-21.

California City's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Cassius 'Hollywood' Brown led the charge by going 14 of 25 en route to 32 points along with five boards and five steals. Brown is crushing it when it comes to points: he's scored at least 15 every time he's taken the court this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Carlito 'Smooth' Brown, who dropped a double-double on 28 points and 12 rebounds.

California City smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 22 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive rebounds in 12 consecutive contests dating back to last season.

Defeat or not, Boron got some senior leadership from Isreal Flores and Josue Magallanes. Flores posted 16 points, while Magallanes almost dropped a double-double on 11 points and nine boards. Those 16 points set a new season-high mark for Flores.

California City is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 68.8 points per game. As for Boron, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-5.

California City didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 73-46 win against Rosamond on the 17th. As for Boron, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 67-26 loss against Desert on the 17th.