The St. Mary's Rams and the McClatchy Lions will face off at 5:45 p.m. on Friday without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
On Thursday, St. Mary's was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 61-57 to Milpitas.
Despite the defeat, St. Mary's got top-tier performance from Jayden Hinkston, who went 8 for 13 en route to 22 points. Hinkston is trending in the right direction considering he's improved his point production for three straight games. Jeremy Krause was another key player, earning 11 points along with six rebounds.
Meanwhile, McClatchy fought the good fight in their overtime contest against Elk Grove on Thursday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Thundering Herd by a score of 67-64. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game two weeks ago (58), the Lions still had to take the loss.
St. Mary's loss dropped their record down to 1-3. As for McClatchy, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-1.
St. Mary's strolled past McClatchy when the teams last played back in December of 2022 by a score of 60-41. Will St. Mary's repeat their success, or does McClatchy have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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