Even though the Mission Heights Prep Phantoms scored an imposing 65 points on Thursday, the El Dorado Wolverines still came out on top. El Dorado narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Mission Heights Prep 68-65. This was payback for El Dorado, who suffered a 81-80 defeat the last time these two teams met.
Leading El Dorado to victory were Mikai Phipps and Chris Zaragoza. Phipps scored 20 points along with four steals, while Zaragoza dropped a double-double on 17 points and ten steals. That makes it four consecutive games in which Phipps has scored at least 25% of El Dorado's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Michael Carbajal, who scored four points along with three steals.
El Dorado's victory bumped their record up to 4-2. As for Mission Heights Prep, their loss dropped their record down to 5-2.
Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. El Dorado will be home for the holidays to greet ASU Prep Poly at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Mission Heights Prep will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Alta Vista Charter at 5:00 p.m. on January 9, 2024. Alta Vista Charter will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Arizona Rankings (they are ranked 222nd, while Mission Heights Prep is ranked 109th).
