San Carlos is 8-2 against Fort Thomas since December of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The San Carlos Braves will host the Fort Thomas Apaches at 7:00 p.m. Hopefully San Carlos focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 27 on Saturday.
On Saturday, San Carlos lost to Alchesay at home by a 56-42 margin. The loss was the Braves' first of the season.
Despite the defeat, San Carlos saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Leandro Simbolo had 17 points in addition to three steals. Simbolo has been hot for a while, having posted two or more steals the last 12 times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Orlando Boni, who posted seven points plus five rebounds and three steals.
Even though they lost, San Carlos was working as a unit and finished the game with 11 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Alchesay only racked up five.
Meanwhile, Fort Thomas gave their fans exactly what they wanted out of a home opener on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Many Farms as Fort Thomas made off with a 69-47 win. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Apaches just coasted through the last quarter.
Fort Thomas relied on the efforts of Michael Olivar, who went 10 for 18 en route to 20 points, and Channing Wilson, who went 7 for 10 en route to 15 points plus three steals. Olivar's evening made it three games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Koby Hunter, who scored six points along with seven rebounds and three steals.
Having lost for the first time this season, San Carlos fell to 2-1. As for Fort Thomas, their victory was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 1-0.
San Carlos came out on top in a nail-biter against Fort Thomas in their previous meeting back in January, sneaking past 54-51. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Wilson, who went 9 for 17 en route to 24 points. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will San Carlos still be able to contain Wilson? There's only one way to find out.
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