The College Prep Cougars will look to defend their home court on Thursday against the Athenian Owls at 7:30 p.m. College Prep will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps California Rankings (they are ranked 684th, while the Owls are ranked 305th).
After a string of three wins, College Prep's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They were outmatched by Head-Royce at home and fell 89-50. The loss unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for College Prep in their matchups with the Jayhawks: they've now lost five in a row.
Meanwhile, Athenian entered their tilt with the Phoenix with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Athenian enjoyed a cozy 64-45 win over the Phoenix on Tuesday.
Athenian's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Evan Lucas led the charge by scoring 17 points. Noah Olivier was another key contributor, scoring 12 points.
College Prep's loss ended a seven-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 12-7. As for Athenian, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 18-5 record this season.
College Prep came up short against the Owls when the teams last played two weeks ago, falling 60-53. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Athenian's Surya Devasenapathy, who scored 25 points. Now that College Prep knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
