The North Monterey County Condors will look to defend their home court on Wednesday against the Marina Mariners at 7:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the pair will really light up the scoreboard.
North Monterey County's four-game losing streak came to an end on Monday. They blew past Seaside 69-47. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest win North Monterey County has posted yet this season.
Meanwhile, Marina had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 16.5 points), and they went ahead and made it three on Monday. They secured a 69-65 W over St. Francis. Given Marina's advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 399th, while St. Francis is ranked 1210th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
It was another big night for Julius Robinson, who scored 38 points. That makes it four consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of Marina's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Kaleb True, who scored 13 points.
North Monterey County's victory ended a eight-game drought on the road and puts them at 4-11. As for Marina, their win bumped their record up to 13-4.
North Monterey County ended up a good deal behind Marina when the teams last played on January 2nd, losing 61-47. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Marina's Jordan Bonnard Webb, who dropped a double-double on 22 points and 16 rebounds. Now that North Monterey County knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
