A well-balanced attack led El Capitan over Imperial in every quarter on their way to victory on Thursday. The El Capitan Vaqueros walked away with a 52-39 victory over the Imperial Tigers. That's more bragging rights for the Vaqueros, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Keira Heinricy
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El Capitan was led to victory by Paige Worthem and Keira Heinricy. Worthem went 7 for 12 on her way to 20 points and eight rebounds, while Heinricy went 6 of 11 on her way to 12 points in addition to seven boards and three steals. Heinricy has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last four times she's played.
Despite the loss, Imperial still got an impressive performance from Nayeli Cardona, who posted 13 points.
El Capitan has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 52.8 points per game. As for Imperial, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 12-4.
El Capitan and Imperial should be looking forward to their upcoming games as both have a sizable advantage in the MaxPreps California Rankings. El Capitan (ranked 104th) will meet West Hills (ranked 313th) at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. El Capitan is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 52.2 points per game this season. Meanwhile, Imperial (ranked 149th) will meet Central (ranked 604th) at 7:00 p.m. on Monday.
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