The Imperial Tigers came tearing into Tuesday's match with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.8 points) and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Vincent Memorial and snuck past 58-56. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
David Scariano continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, dropping a double-double on 20 points and 12 rebounds. He hasn't dropped below 11 rebounds for three straight games. Another player making a difference was Jared Nixon, who dropped a double-double on 12 points and 13 rebounds.
Defeat or not, Vincent Memorial got some senior leadership from Pancho Tejada and Jacobo Elias. Tejada almost dropped a double-double on 16 points and nine assists, while Elias. scored 12 points along with four steals. Elias continues to roll, besting his previous point total in each of the last three games he's played. Santiago Herrera was another key contributor, almost dropping a double-double on nine points and 13 rebounds.
Imperial has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 12-15 record this season. As for Vincent Memorial, their loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 16-7.
Imperial will look to defend their home court on Thursday against Central at 7:00 p.m. Imperial is on a three-game streak of home wins, Central a three-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the court. Vincent Memorial will take on Palo Verde Valley at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Palo Verde Valley has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
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