The Evans Trojans will square off against the Santa Fe Catholic Hawks at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Evans sitting on eight straight victories and Santa Fe Catholic on seven.
Evans can't be too worried about heading out to take on Santa Fe Catholic: they just beat Winter Park at home, who had been dominant on their own court up to that point. Evans walked away with a 57-46 win over Winter Park on Friday.
Meanwhile, Santa Fe Catholic got the win against Winthrop College Prep Academy on Wednesday by a conclusive 77-53. The Hawks have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won ten matches by 22 points or more this season.
Evans better keep an eye on Tate Darner. He was instrumental in Santa Fe Catholic's win, almost dropping a double-double on 32 points and nine boards. That makes it four consecutive games in which Darner has scored at least a third of Santa Fe Catholic's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Toby Lane, who posted 11 points along with six assists and four steals.
Santa Fe Catholic was working as a unit and finished the game with 17 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Winthrop College Prep Academy only racked up ten assists.
Santa Fe Catholic is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 contests, which provided a massive bump to their 16-8 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 71.0 points per game. As for Evans, their victory was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 20-4.
Evans and Santa Fe Catholic were neck-and-neck when the teams last played back in December of 2022, but Evans came up empty-handed after a 61-60 loss. Can Evans avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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