The San Marcos Royals will head out on the road to challenge the Santa Barbara Dons at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as San Marcos comes in on four and Santa Barbara on nine.
San Marcos is headed into the game having just posted their biggest victory since December 27, 2024 on Friday. They claimed a resounding 60-33 win over Buena. Given the Royals' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 97th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 772nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Santa Barbara blew past Ventura, posting a 75-41 victory. The Dons have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 13 matches by 21 points or more this season.
Santa Barbara has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 22-5 record this season. As for San Marcos, their win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 21-6.
San Marcos came up short against Santa Barbara in their previous meeting back in January, falling 72-60. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Santa Barbara's Luke Zuffelato, who shot 4-for-7 from downtown and almost dropped a double-double on 33 points and nine rebounds. Now that San Marcos 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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