The Del Oro Golden Eagles will face off against the Jesuit Marauders at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Del Oro comes in on four and Jesuit on 11.
Del Oro had already proven themselves in the regular season, and didn't miss a beat now that it's playoff time. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past St. Mary's 76-74. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Del Oro had a senior duo take command as Jake Williams scored 32 points along with eight rebounds and Caden Pinnick dropped a double-double on 22 points and ten assists. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Williams has scored all season. Brenden Hawkins was another key contributor, scoring ten points.
Meanwhile, Jesuit can now show off nine landslide victories after their most recent match on Friday. Everything went their way against Burbank as Jesuit made off with a 70-49 victory. Given Jesuit's advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 47th, while Burbank is ranked 188th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Del Oro has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 23-7 record this season. As for Jesuit, they pushed their record up to 23-7 with that win, which was their sixth straight at home.
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