Having just played yesterday, the Channel Islands Raiders will head out on the road to face off against the Thacher Toads at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Channel Islands comes in on five and Thacher on three.
Channel Islands will bounce into Saturday's matchup after beating Santa Paula, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. Channel Islands blew past Santa Paula 81-45 on Friday. The Raiders have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won seven games by 21 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Thacher). They blew past Villanova Prep, posting an 82-23 win. Given the Toads' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 553rd, while the Wildcats are ranked 1338th), the result on Thursday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Channel Islands' victory was their seventh straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 15-3. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 26.6 points. As for Thacher, their win bumped their record up to 6-2.
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