The Casa Grande Gauchos will take on the Napa Grizzlies at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Napa will be up against a hot Casa Grande team: the squad just extended their winning streak to five. Casa Grande walked away with a 64-55 win over Vintage on Saturday. Given the Gauchos' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 450th, while the Crushers are ranked 1008th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
David Isola
| 02/08/25 @ Vintage | 17 |
| 02/06/25 vs Sonoma Valley | 23 |
| 02/01/25 @ Napa | 21 |
| 01/30/25 vs Justin-Siena | 4 |
| 01/28/25 @ Petaluma | 12 |
| + 21 more games |
Casa Grande's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but David Isola led the charge by going 6-for-12 to rack up 17 points and six assists. With that strong performance, Isola is now averaging an impressive 15 points per game. Another player making a difference was Ryan Rice, who went 5-for-11 en route to 16 points.
Meanwhile, Napa hadn't done well against Justin-Siena recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Napa came out on top against Justin-Siena by a score of 55-47.
Casa Grande pushed their record up to 16-10 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to three-point shooting accuracy: their three-point shooting accuracy was 44.1% in those games and 29.6% outside of them. As for Napa, their win bumped their record up to 11-15.
Casa Grande beat Napa 52-42 when the teams last played two weeks ago. Will Casa Grande repeat their success, or does Napa have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
