Having just played yesterday, the Menlo School Knights will head out on the road to face off against the Pacific Grove Breakers at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
On Friday, Menlo School took their matchup with ease, bagging a 77-37 victory over Carmel. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Knights.
Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Pacific Grove on Wednesday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew Seaside out of the water with an 85-27 final score. The match was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Breakers had established a 50 point advantage.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Pacific Grove to victory, but perhaps none more so than Andrew Nimri, who went 7 for 13 en route to 21 points plus eight rebounds and two steals. Another player making a difference was Brody Edmonds, who dropped a double-double on 11 points and 13 rebounds.
Pacific Grove was working as a unit and finished the game with 18 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since the start of last season.
The win got Pacific Grove back to even at 1-1. As for Menlo School, their victory bumped their record up to 2-0.
Menlo School beat Pacific Grove 54-44 when the teams last played back in June of 2021. The rematch might be a little tougher for Menlo School since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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