With a playoff game on the line, the American Eagles rose to the challenge on Wednesday. They skirted past the Giants 61-58. The win was all the more spectacular given American's disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 361st, while Redwood is ranked 110th).
American's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Kiratraj Sanghera led the charge by almost dropping a double-double on 19 points and nine rebounds. Sanghera has been hot recently, having posted eight or more rebounds the last nine times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Jordan Bucko, who scored 17 points along with six rebounds.
American has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 18-9 record this season. As for Redwood, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 16-13.
American will head out on the road to take on Benicia at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. Hopefully American focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 19 on Wednesday. Redwood does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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