The Aguilar Wildcats will head out on the road to square off against the Cripple Creek-Victor Pioneers at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Cripple Creek-Victor took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Aguilar, who comes in off a win.
If Cripple Creek-Victor heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Aguilar took over last week. Aguilar walked away with a 51-44 win over Moffat on Thursday.
Matthew Gonzales continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, dropping a double-double with 26 points and 19 rebounds. That makes it six consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of Aguilar's points. Jaxon Salapich was another key player, dropping a double-double with 11 points and 18 boards.
Aguilar smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 16 offensive rebounds. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 5.2 offensive boards per game earlier this season, but in their last 15 games they've averaged 12.2.
Meanwhile, Cripple Creek-Victor was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They took a blow against Fountain Valley, falling 64-23. The Pioneers were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 43-14.
Aguilar's first victory this season bumped their record up to 1-9. As for Cripple Creek-Victor, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-14.
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