The Chula Vista Spartans will take on the Escondido Cougars at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Chula Vista is coming into the game hot, having won their last five games.
Chula Vista is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They walked away with a 48-40 win over Classical Academy.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Chula Vista to victory, but perhaps none more so than Giovanni Contreras, who posted 23 points. Another player making a difference was Elijah Gillespie, who scored 14 points.
High Tech Mesa typically has all the answers at home, but on Friday Escondido proved too difficult a challenge. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 53-51 victory over the Thunder. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Cougars have posted since January 26, 2024.
The victory made it two in a row for Escondido and bumps their season record up to 16-11. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.5 points over those games. As for Chula Vista, their record is now 22-6.
Chula Vista suffered a grim 66-44 defeat to Escondido in their previous meeting back in January. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Escondido's Maddox Mendoza, who dropped a double-double with 17 points and 15 rebounds. Now that Chula Vista 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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