The Rancho Christian Eagles will take on the Mater Dei Catholic Crusaders at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Rancho Christian has four straight victories, Mater Dei Catholic has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
On Thursday, Rancho Christian was able to grind out a solid win over Rancho Verde, taking the game 65-58.
Meanwhile, Mater Dei Catholic came up short against Olympian on Wednesday and fell 59-52. While losing is never fun, the Crusaders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 336th, while the Eagles are ranked 57th).
Rancho Christian has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-10 record this season. As for Mater Dei Catholic, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-11.
Rancho Christian beat Mater Dei Catholic 78-67 in their previous matchup back in January of 2018. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Mater Dei Catholic's Taisha Anderson, who went 11 for 16 on his way to 25 points. Now that he won't be playing on Saturday, will it be easier for Rancho Christian to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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