The Damien Spartans will wrap up 2024 with a road trip to face off against the O'Connor Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Damien is likely headed into the game with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against St. John Bosco last Saturday. Damien fell 46-37 to St. John Bosco. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 40th, while the Braves are ranked eighth).
Meanwhile, O'Connor hadn't done well against Brophy College Prep recently (they were 0-5 in their previous five matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Wednesday. O'Connor took down Brophy College Prep 68-52. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Eagles.
Damien moved to 12-3 with that defeat, which also ended their four-game winning streak. As for O'Connor, their win bumped their record up to 8-1.
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