The Los Amigos Lobos will take on the Savanna Rebels at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Los Amigos' favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last three contests.
Last Wednesday, Los Amigos took their game with ease, bagging a 69-42 victory over Santa Fe. Given the Lobos' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 441st, while the Chiefs are ranked 1101st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Savanna came up short against Santiago on Tuesday and fell 57-50.
Los Amigos will need focus on slowing down Mathys Rudel, one of several Savanna players who made an impact when they last played. He dropped a double-double on 12 points and 18 boards. Those 18 rebounds gave Rudel a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Joachim Bikoula, who went 5 for 7 en route to 10 points and six boards.
Even though they lost, Savanna smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 16 offensive rebounds. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 3 offensive boards per game earlier this season, but in their last 15 matchups they've averaged 16.4.
Los Amigos has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-11 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 66.0 points per game. As for Savanna, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 15-8.
Los Amigos and Savanna were neck-and-neck when the teams last played on January 14th, but Los Amigos came up empty-handed after a 56-55 loss. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Savanna's Paul Henderson, who posted 18 points in addition to eight rebounds and seven assists. Now that Los Amigos 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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