The El Capitan Gauchos will take on the Santa Rosa Panthers at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Tuesday, El Capitan took their contest on the road with ease, bagging a 77-41 victory over Livingston. With El Capitan ahead 52-19 at the half, the match was all but over already.
Meanwhile, Santa Rosa really took it to Middletown for the full four quarters, racking up a 74-42 victory on the road. The victory was just what Santa Rosa needed coming off of a 83-62 defeat in their prior match.
Santa Rosa's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Elijah Hansen, who scored 12 points along with 5 assists and 5 rebounds, and Arlo Mischke, who dropped a double-double on 17 points and 10 rebounds. Gabe Airoldi was another key contributor, scoring 13 points.
The wins kept both teams' perfect 2-0 season records intact.
