The Oakland Wildcats will head out on the road to take on the Capital Christian Cougars at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Given that the pair suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Oakland can now relate to. They took a 56-49 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Bulldogs on Saturday. Oakland has not had much luck with Oakland Tech recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
The losing side was boosted by Anthony Lacy, who dropped a double-double on 14 points and 15 rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Couraji West, who scored 12 points.
Even though they lost, Oakland smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 19 offensive rebounds. That's the most offensive rebounds they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Capital Christian unfortunately witnessed the end of their 14-game winning streak last Monday. They took a hard 78-59 fall against Vanden. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (58), Capital Christian still had to take the loss.
The loss doesn't tell the whole story though, as several players had good games. One of the most active was Jaylen Valdez, who scored 17 points along with eight rebounds and seven assists. CJ Willenborg was another key contributor, scoring 19 points along with two steals.
Oakland's defeat dropped their record down to 22-8. As for Capital Christian, their defeat dropped their record down to 23-8.
Some high-performance offense is likely on the agenda as the pair are some of the highest scoring teams in the league. Oakland hasn't had any problem running up the score this season, having averaged 64.2 points per game. However, it's not like Capital Christian struggles in that department as they've been averaging 69.9 points per game. With both teams so easily able to put up points, the only question left is who can run the score up higher Check MaxPreps after the match for a full breakdown of the game, commentary, and other basketball content.
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