The Corona del Mar Sea Kings and the Mercer Island Islanders will face off at 6:00 p.m. on Friday without much rest having both just played.
Corona del Mar's tournament run continued when they took on Camarillo on Thursday. Corona del Mar was just a bucket shy of victory and fell 49-48 to Camarillo.
Meanwhile, Mercer Island strolled past Patrick Henry with points to spare on Thursday, taking the game 62-48. Given the Islanders' advantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 134th in Washington, while the Patriots are ranked 640th in California), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Mercer Island has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 67.0 points per game. As for Corona del Mar, their loss dropped their record down to 12-2.
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