The King/Drew Golden Eagles are taking a road trip to take on the Price Knights at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
King/Drew is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Fremont 89-28 on Friday.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Price, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Tuesday. They took their contest on Wednesday with ease, bagging a 79-21 victory over Animo City of Champions. Given the Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 212th, while the Wildcats are ranked 1198th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
King/Drew better keep an eye on Tyrell Miller. He was instrumental in Price's win, dropping a double-double on 26 points and 13 rebounds. Those 26 points gave Miller a new career-high. Keshrey Smith, Jr was another key player, putting up 14 points in addition to eight assists and five boards.
Price's win was their 15th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 18-6. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.8 points per game. As for King/Drew, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-16 record this season.
King/Drew might still be hurting after the 77-54 loss they got from Price in their previous meeting back in February of 2016. Can King/Drew avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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