The Manual Arts Toilers stacked an 11th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Wednesday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Diego Rivera 85-38 at home. Given Manual Arts' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 272nd, while Diego Rivera is ranked 963rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Devin Moody was his usual excellent self, dropping a double-double on 36 points and 13 rebounds. That makes it eight consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of Manual Arts' points. Another player making a difference was Kyle Castillo, who scored 16 points along with seven rebounds and three steals.
Several Huskies players turned in solid performances, despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Izaya New, who scored ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Derrell Williams, who scored nine points.
Manual Arts has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 17-2 record this season. As for Diego Rivera, their loss was their third straight on the road, which bumped their record down to 5-5.
Manual Arts will face off against Santee at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Diego Rivera won't have much time to rest: their next match is against Dr. Maya Angelou Community at 4:30 p.m. on January 18th.
