The Temple City Rams and the Quartz Hill Royals will face off at 3:00 p.m. on Friday without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Hopefully Temple City focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 14 on Thursday.
Temple City is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Marina on Thursday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Temple City was dealt a 64-20 defeat at the hands of Marina. The game marked the Rams' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Brayden Kwan was Temple City's leading scorer, having posted five points.
Mason Collins held things down on the boards with six rebounds.
Meanwhile, Quartz Hill unfortunately witnessed the end of their six-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell to South 58-54.
Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the best came from Julian Henriquez, who had 13 points along with eight rebounds and five assists. He is on a roll when it comes to rebounds, as he's now pulled down eight or more in the last three games he's played. Ty?Jahwuan Jackson was another key player, dropping a double-double on 12 points and 12 rebounds.
Even though they lost, Quartz Hill smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 20 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive rebounds in 17 consecutive matches dating back to last season.
Quartz Hill's loss dropped their record down to 6-2. As for Temple City, they now have a losing record at 2-3.
Rebounding is likely to be a big factor in this contest: Temple City has crashing the boards this season, having averaged 23.8 rebounds per game. However, it's not like Quartz Hill struggles in that department as they've been averaging 44.2. With both teams battling to corral missed shots, we'll see if one team can grab an edge Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more basketball content.
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