The Santiago Sharks and the Diamond Bar Brahmas will face off at 6:30 p.m. on Friday without much rest having both just played. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Santiago's tournament run continued when they took on Huntington Beach on Thursday. Santiago came out on top against Huntington Beach by a score of 68-59. Given the Sharks' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 114th, while the Oilers are ranked 402nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Diamond Bar beat Rialto 65-59 on Thursday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Brahmas.
Santiago is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-4 record this season. As for Diamond Bar, their victory bumped their record up to 6-8.
Santiago was able to grind out a solid win over Diamond Bar in their previous matchup back in January of 2016, winning 54-43. The rematch might be a little tougher for Santiago since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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