The Duarte Falcons and the Los Altos Conquerors will face off at 6:30 p.m. on December 29th without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Duarte has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
On Thursday, Duarte was able to grind out a solid win over Riverside Prep, taking the game 58-50. The victory was just what Duarte needed coming off of a 70-49 defeat in their prior matchup.
Meanwhile, Los Altos had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 43.8 points), and they went ahead and made it five on Thursday. They walked away with an 85-72 victory over Hoover. Having run the score up that high, both teams probably have some extra defensive drills coming up.
Duarte's win bumped their record up to 5-12. As for Los Altos, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 11-5 record this season.