Gilbert Classical Academy and Arete Prep are an even 5-5 against one another since February of 2021, but not for long. The Gilbert Classical Academy Spartans will welcome the Arete Prep CHARGERS at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many points in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
On Tuesday, Gilbert Classical Academy lost to Pima at home by a 47-30 margin. The match marked the Spartans' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Meanwhile, Arete Prep was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They took a blow against San Tan Charter, falling 87-29. While losing is never fun, the CHARGERS can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arizona basketball rankings (they are ranked 221st, while the Roadrunners are ranked 59th).
Arete Prep now has a losing record at 9-10. As for Gilbert Classical Academy, their defeat ended a six-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 11-8.
Gilbert Classical Academy came up short against Arete Prep in their previous matchup back in November of 2024, falling 55-46. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Arete Prep's Crew Oetjen, who dropped a double-double on 21 points and 20 rebounds. Now that Gilbert Classical Academy 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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