The Calexico Bulldogs will venture away from home to face off against the Vincent Memorial Scots at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Calexico is headed into Thursday's matchup hungry for a win as their strong season has now been derailed by two straight defeats. They took a 49-34 bruising from Imperial on Monday. The contest marked the Bulldogs' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Meanwhile, Vincent Memorial had just enough and edged Rock Academy out 62-60 on Tuesday. Given the Scots' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 513th, while the Warriors are ranked 1286th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Vincent Memorial is also on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-7 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 60.9 points per game. As for Calexico, their loss dropped their record down to 15-8.
Calexico came up short against Vincent Memorial in their previous meeting two weeks ago, falling 56-44. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Vincent Memorial's JoseCarlos Acosta, who dropped a double-double on 23 points and 11 boards. Now that Calexico knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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