The Atwater Falcons will face off against the El Capitan Gauchos at 7:15 p.m. on Friday.
Last Wednesday, Atwater was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 56-50 to Golden Valley.
Meanwhile, El Capitan didn't have too much trouble with Buhach Colony on Wednesday as they won 61-45. Given the Gauchos' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 274th, while the Thunder are ranked 731st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
El Capitan is also on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a massive bump to their 16-8 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 62.3 points per game. As for Atwater, they dropped their record down to 20-5 with the defeat, which was their third straight on the road.
Atwater came up short against El Capitan in their previous matchup back in January, falling 58-49. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of El Capitan's Anthony Jones, who went 10 of 16 en route to 19 points and six rebounds. Now that Atwater knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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