It was a Battle of the Birds when Arrowhead Christian duked it out withYucaipa on Thursday. The Arrowhead Christian Eagles snuck past the Yucaipa Thunderbirds with a 74-68 victory. This was a revenge game for the Eagles: when they faced off against the Thunderbirds last Monday, they had to take a 64-58 loss.
Arrowhead Christian was led to victory by Garang Ngodi and Parker Distleberg. Ngodi went 6 of 11from beyond the arc en route to 29 points and eight rebounds, while Distleberg went 10 of 18 on his way to 26 points and six rebounds. That makes it three consecutive games in which Distleberg has scored at least a third of Arrowhead Christian's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Tyler Young, who posted nine points along with eight assists and eight boards.
Defeat or not, Yucaipa got some senior leadership from Malik Young and Jonathan Campbell. Malik went 11 of 21 on his way to 30 points, while Campbell dropped a double-double on 12 points and ten boards. That's the most points Young has posted since back in December of 2023. Jaxon Lerma was another key player, putting up nine points along with eight rebounds and three steals.
The win got Arrowhead Christian back to even at 3-3. As for Yucaipa, their loss dropped their record down to 3-2.
Arrowhead Christian didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 60-57 victory against Beaumont on the 7th. As for Yucaipa, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 64-57 win against Silverado on the 6th.
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