The Price Knights will challenge the King/Drew Golden Eagles at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Price took a loss when they played away from home on Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Wednesday. They took their contest with ease, bagging a 79-21 victory over Animo City of Champions. Given the Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 212th, while the Wildcats are ranked 1198th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
12/12/24 vs Bonita | 14 |
01/29/25 vs Animo City of Champions | 13 |
12/26/24 vs King | 12 |
11/27/24 vs San Pedro | 11 |
01/11/24 vs Ambassador | 10 |
Tyrell Miller continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, dropping a double-double on 26 points and 13 boards. That's the most rebounds he has posted since back in December of 2024. Another player making a difference was Keshrey Smith, Jr, who posted 14 points along with eight assists and five boards.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask King/Drew). They blew past Fremont, posting an 89-28 win.
Price's victory was their 15th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 18-6. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.8 points per game. As for King/Drew, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a massive bump to their 8-16 record this season.
Price took their win against King/Drew when the teams last played back in February of 2016 by a conclusive 77-54. Will Price repeat their success, or does King/Drew have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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