The Averroes Falcon will venture away from home to face off against the St. Vincent de Paul Mustangs at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday. Averroes will be strutting in after a win while St. Vincent de Paul will be coming in after a loss.
Averroes is headed into the game after thoroughly thrashing Apostles Lutheran: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Averroes blew Apostles Lutheran out of the water with a 66-34 final score. The match was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Falcon had established a 22 point advantage.
Meanwhile, St. Vincent de Paul unfortunately witnessed the end of their five-game winning streak on Thursday. They took a 56-43 hit to the loss column at the hands of Rancho Cotate. While losing is never fun, the Mustangs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 526th, while the Cougars are ranked 247th).
Averroes is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-9 record this season. As for St. Vincent de Paul, their defeat dropped their record down to 16-9.
Averroes was dealt a bruising 62-11 loss at the hands of St. Vincent de Paul in their previous meeting back in December of 2015. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Averroes was down 31-4.
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