The Maria Carrillo Pumas will take on the College Park Falcons in a tournament on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Maria Carrillo has four straight victories, College Park has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Maria Carrillo is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They strolled past Redwood Christian with points to spare last Saturday, taking the game 72-58.
Meanwhile, College Park lost to Amador Valley at home by a 63-48 margin on Saturday. While losing is never fun, the Falcons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 377th, while the Dons are ranked 85th).
Maria Carrillo will need focus on slowing down Akeem Smith, one of several College Park players who made an impact when they last played. He posted eight points and eight boards. Mathys Joseph was another key player, putting up 11 points and eight rebounds.
Maria Carrillo has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.3 points per game. As for College Park, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-4.
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