Redlands East Valley and Cajon are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2019, but not for long. The Redlands East Valley Wildcats will head out on the road to take on the Cajon Cowboys at 6:45 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Redlands East Valley has seven straight wins, Cajon has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Even though Redlands scored an imposing 59 points on Wednesday, Redlands East Valley still came out on top. Redlands East Valley snuck past Redlands with a 65-59 victory. The score was all tied up 28-28 at the break, but Redlands East Valley was the better team in the second half.
Redlands East Valley got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Jeremiah Ivens out in front who scored 22 points along with eight rebounds. Ivens has been hot recently, having posted 15 or more points the last five times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Darrell Green, who scored 21 points along with two steals.
Meanwhile, Cajon ended up a good deal behind Beaumont on Wednesday and lost 56-40. Cajon has struggled against Beaumont recently, as their game on Wednesday was their third consecutive lost matchup.
Redlands East Valley has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 15-7 record this season. As for Cajon, they have traveled a rocky road recently, as they've lost seven of their last nine matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 7-15 record this season.
Redlands East Valley was able to grind out a solid win over Cajon in their previous meeting on January 3rd, winning 69-62. The rematch might be a little tougher for Redlands East Valley since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
