El Capitan is 1-9 against Atwater since February of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The El Capitan Gauchos will square off against the Atwater Falcons at 7:15 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Atwater will be up against a hot El Capitan team: the squad just extended their winning streak to six. El Capitan really took it to Buhach Colony for the full four quarters, racking up an 84-14 win. The Gauchos pushed the score to 74-14 by the end of the third, a deficit the Thunder had no chance of recovering from.
| 01/16/25 @ Buhach Colony | 10 |
| 01/14/25 vs Merced | 4 |
| 01/07/25 @ Pitman | 8 |
| 12/31/24 vs Tracy | 4 |
| 12/30/24 vs Kimball | 9 |
El Capitan got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Madysen Dietz out in front who dropped a double-double on 20 points and ten steals. Dietz is on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed three or more in the last seven games she's played. Shantelle Magana was another key player, dropping a triple-double on 18 points, ten rebounds, and ten steals.
Meanwhile, Atwater came tearing into Thursday's contest with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 29.7 points) and they left with even more momentum. They took their game with ease, bagging a 68-26 win over the Cougars. Given the Falcons' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 64th, while the Cougars are ranked 996th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
El Capitan's victory was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 17-3. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 63.8 points per game. As for Atwater, they are on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 14 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 16-4 record this season.
El Capitan might still be hurting after the 72-47 loss they got from Atwater when the teams last played back in February of 2024. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point El Capitan was down 44-16.
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