The Burbank Bulldogs will take on the Marquez Gladiators in a holiday battle at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. The two teams are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Burbank is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They were the clear victors by an 84-63 margin over Norco on Saturday. Given the Bulldogs' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 257th, while the Cougars are ranked 924th) , the win wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Marquez's strategy against Whittier on Monday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that the Gladiators blew the Cardinals out of the water with a 65-30 final score. The matchup was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Gladiators had established a 28-point advantage.
Marquez's win came from a few key players Burbank will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Jayden Tucker, who went 7-for-14 en route to 21 points. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 15.2 points per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Elyjah Staples, who dropped a double-double with 13 points and 13 boards.
Marquez was working as a unit and finished the game with 18 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
The victory made it two in a row for Burbank and bumps their season record up to 5-3. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 75.5 points over those games. As for Marquez, their victory bumped their record up to 2-3.
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