The El Capitan Vaqueros will be taking part in a tournament against the Grossmont Foothillers at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. El Capitan has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
El Capitan is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They fell just short of Valley Center by a score of 64-62 last Friday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Wednesday (55), the Vaqueros still had to take the loss.
El Capitan's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Chance Smith, who went 7 for 14 en route to 17 points plus four steals, and Jason Wilson, who posted 21 points along with seven rebounds and two steals. The dominant performance also gave Wilson a new career-high in offensive rebounds (three). Another player making a difference was Kale Curo, who had six points in addition to nine rebounds and five assists.
Even though they lost, El Capitan was working as a unit and finished the game with 13 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Grossmont was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They came up short against Steele Canyon, falling 61-39.
Grossmont's loss dropped their record down to 0-4. As for El Capitan, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-2.
El Capitan beat Grossmont 58-46 in their previous matchup back in February. Will El Capitan repeat their success, or does Grossmont have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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