The Clovis West Golden Eagles will take on the Salesian College Preparatory Pride at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. One thing working in Clovis West's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last six matchups.
Last Friday, Clovis West ended up a good deal behind Buchanan and lost 72-58. While losing is never fun, the Golden Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 119th, while the Bears are ranked 31st).
01/17/25 @ Buchanan | 15 |
01/14/25 @ Clovis East | 17 |
01/10/25 vs Central | 28 |
01/08/25 vs St. Joseph | 30 |
01/03/25 vs Sheldon | 22 |
12/30/24 vs Clovis East | 22 |
Despite the defeat, Clovis West had strong showings from Jace Kellogg, who posted 21 points and six boards, and Dj Stickman, who dropped a double-double on 15 points and 12 rebounds. Stickman's evening made it six games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jalen Sarden, who earned six points.
Meanwhile, Salesian College Preparatory had already won ten in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 30.4 points) and they went ahead and made it 11 on Friday. They breezed by the Spartans to the tune of 66-33. The Pride pushed the score to 59-20 by the end of the third, a deficit the Spartans cut but never quite recovered from.
Salesian College Preparatory's victory was their 17th straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 17-1. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 74.8 points per game. As for Clovis West, their loss was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 9-12.
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