The Crean Lutheran Saints and the King Wolves will face off at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Crean Lutheran comes in on five and King on three.
Crean Lutheran will head into Friday's contest hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Wednesday (they won by 29) and on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 53-50 victory over Rancho Cucamonga. The win was all the more spectacular given the Saints' disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 42nd, while the Cougars are ranked fifth).
| 12/13/24 vs Rancho Cucamonga | 20 |
| 12/11/24 vs Downey | 15 |
| 12/09/24 vs Yucaipa | 25 |
| 11/30/24 vs JSerra Catholic | 21 |
| 11/29/24 vs Santa Margarita | 18 |
Crean Lutheran got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Sydnee Norwood out in front who posted 20 points. Norwood's evening made it eight games in a row in which she has scored at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Stacy Echtenkamp, who earned 16 points.
Meanwhile, King didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Shadow Hills on Friday, but they still walked away with a 49-45 win.
King has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 9-3 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 59.0 points per game. As for Crean Lutheran, their victory bumped their record up to 10-1.
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