The La Jolla Country Day Torreys will face off against the St. Joseph Academy Crusaders at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Last Wednesday, it was close, but La Jolla Country Day sidestepped El Camino for a 58-55 victory. Given the Torreys' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 140th, while the Wildcats are ranked 290th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, St. Joseph Academy beat San Pasqual 59-53 on Wednesday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Crusaders.
La Jolla Country Day better focus on containing Brewster Gale and Justice Ahiafor as the pair were huge in St. Joseph Academy's win. Gale went 7 of 13 on his way to 19 points, while Ahiafor almost dropped a double-double on 18 points and nine rebounds. Ahiafor's evening made it six games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Dominic Gale, who posted ten points and three steals.
The win got La Jolla Country Day back to even at 9-9. As for St. Joseph Academy, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-9 record this season.
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