West Adams is 0-9 against Manual Arts since December of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The West Adams Panthers will head out on the road to square off against the Manual Arts Toilers at 4:30 p.m. West Adams 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 1108th, while Manual Arts is ranked 278th).
Last Monday, West Adams came up short against Diego Rivera and fell 62-54. West Adams has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Manual Arts can now show off 15 landslide victories after their most recent matchup on Wednesday. They blew past Jefferson 107-27 on the road. Manual Arts' offense stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most points they've scored all season.
Manual Arts relied on the efforts of RJ Dawson, who dropped a triple-double on 23 points, ten assists, and 12 steals, and Devin Moody, who scored 36 points along with nine rebounds and six steals. That makes it three consecutive games in which Moody has scored at least a third of Manual Arts' points. Songhai Glover was another key contributor, scoring ten points along with seven steals.
West Adams' defeat was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 10-13. As for Manual Arts, they are on a roll lately: they've won 14 of their last 15 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 21-2 record this season.
West Adams took a serious blow against Manual Arts in their previous matchup on January 10th, falling 93-39. Can West Adams avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
