The Cerritos Dons will venture away from home to face off against the Artesia Pioneers at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Cerritos will head into Friday's matchup on the come-up: they were handed a heart-breaking three-point loss in their last game, but they sure didn't let that happen against Pioneer on Friday. Everything went Cerritos' way against Pioneer as Cerritos made off with a 79-57 win. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Dons have posted since November 29, 2024.
Meanwhile, Artesia entered their tilt with Charter Oak on Saturday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They really took it to the Chargers for the full four quarters, racking up a 74-36 win. The contest was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Pioneers had established a 35 point advantage.
Cerritos better focus on containing Jordan Heredia and Jovell Tate as the pair were huge in Artesia's win. Heredia went 6 for 7 from beyond the arc on his way to 18 points, while Tate went 5 of 8 en route to 12 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Elijah Johnson, who posted seven points.
Artesia's victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 10-5. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.8 points per game. As for Cerritos, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 7-12 record this season.
Cerritos didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Artesia in their previous meeting back in January of 2024, but they still walked away with a 52-47 win. Will Cerritos repeat their success, or does Artesia have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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