The Glendale Nitros and the North Saxons will face off at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Glendale picked up another tournament win on Friday. They ended the year with a bang, routing Dominguez 68-45.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Glendale to victory, but perhaps none more so than Jacob Samontina, who went 6 for 11 on his way to 19 points in addition to six assists and five boards. The team also got some help courtesy of Roman Ramirez, who went 6 of 9 on his way to 16 points and five steals.
Meanwhile, North was fully in charge on Friday, breezing past Crenshaw 67-38. That's two games straight that the Saxons have won by exactly 29 points.
North has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-7 record this season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 31 points. As for Glendale, their win bumped their record up to 9-6.
Glendale suffered a grim 57-37 defeat to North when the teams last played back in December of 2022. Can Glendale avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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