The El Camino Colts will head out to face off against the San Mateo Bearcats at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
El Camino is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Terra Nova just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Wednesday. They took a 53-48 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Tigers.
Meanwhile, San Mateo had already won two in a row and they went ahead and made it three on Wednesday. They came out on top against the Vikings by a score of 55-42. Given the Bearcats' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 295th, while the Vikings are ranked 1025th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
San Mateo pushed their record up to 8-4 with the win, which was their third straight at home. As for El Camino, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 8-3.
El Camino came up short against San Mateo when the teams last played back in February of 2024, falling 43-38. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of San Mateo's Zidane Auzarang, who dropped a double-double on 22 points and 12 boards. Now that El Camino 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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