Two teams were on the hunt for playoff glory, but only the Leigh Longhorns walked away with it. They came out on top against the Firebirds by a score of 63-52 on Saturday. That's another feather in the cap for Leigh, who also won these teams' last head-to-head.
Leigh's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Caleb Asante, who scored 20 points along with eight rebounds and two steals. Asante hasn't dropped below 19 points for four straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Cooper Smith, who dropped a double-double on 15 points and 11 rebounds.
Leigh is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-8 record this season. As for Fremont, their loss ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 19-6.
Leigh will head out on the road to challenge Los Gatos at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Leigh will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps California Rankings (they are ranked 289th, while Los Gatos is ranked 124th). Fremont does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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