San Domenico has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will face off against the Athenian Owls at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
San Domenico extended their postseason success on Saturday against Oakwood. They walked away with a 49-36 win over the Hawks. Given San Domenico's advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 221st, while Oakwood is ranked 500th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, even though International scored an imposing 57 points on Saturday, Athenian still came out on top. Athenian skirted past International 60-57. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Athenian.
It was another big night for Surya Devasenapathy, who scored 25 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Teni Salako, who scored 11 points.
San Domenico's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 20-11. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 61.0 points per game. As for Athenian, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 26-8 record this season.
San Domenico couldn't quite finish off Athenian in their previous matchup back in December of 2023 and fell 51-48. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Athenian's Evan Lucas, who scored 28 points. Now that San Domenico 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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