The Urban Blues will take on the Washington Eagles in a tournament on Thursday.
Urban will head out to face Washington after giving up their first home loss of the season on Saturday. Urban fell to Terra Linda 53-48. While losing is never fun, the Blues can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 91st, while the Trojans are ranked 21st).
Meanwhile, Washington came tearing into Thursday's game with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 39 points) and they left with even more momentum. They secured a 63-57 W over the Vikings.
Urban better focus on containing Oliver Das and Korey Abantao as the pair were huge in Washington's win. Das dropped a double-double on 15 points and 24 boards, while Abantao went 7 of 12 on his way to 20 points along with five assists and three steals. Das is also crushing it when it comes to blocks: he's posted at least two every time he's taken the court this season. Jonah Chiu was another key player, dropping a double-double on 11 points and ten boards.
Washington's win was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-1. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 76.0 points per game. As for Urban, their defeat ended a six-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 5-2.
Urban came out on top in a nail-biter against Washington in their previous matchup back in December of 2021, sneaking past 59-56. Will Urban repeat their success, or does Washington have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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