Two dominant guards in Gloria Barrera and Lev Feiman are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Buena Park Coyotes will square off against the Brentwood School Eagles at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Buena Park knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past nine matchups -- so hopefully Brentwood School likes a good challenge.
Last Tuesday, Buena Park beat Segerstrom 70-57. Given the Coyotes' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 77th, while the Jaguars are ranked 308th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Barrera was her usual excellent self, dropping a double-double on 31 points and ten boards. That makes it 17 consecutive games in which she has scored at least a third of Buena Park's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Hannah Fuentes, who posted nine points along with seven rebounds and five assists.
Buena Park smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 19 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least nine offensive rebounds in nine consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Brentwood School). They put the hurt on Rialto with a sharp 78-57 victory last Monday. Winning may never get old, but the Eagles sure are getting used to it with their third in a row.
Brentwood School's win came from a few key players Buena Park will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Payton Sugar, who went 7 of 14 on her way to 19 points and seven boards. She continues to improve, besting her previous point total in each of the last four games she's played. Another player making a difference was Feiman, who went 7 for 15 en route to 16 points in addition to five assists and five rebounds.
Buena Park is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.9 points per game. As for Brentwood School, they pushed their record up to 10-4 with the win, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season.
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