The St. Joseph Notre Dame Pilots are taking a road trip to challenge the Cornerstone Christian Cougars at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
St. Joseph Notre Dame is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed past Athenian to the tune of 83-35 on Thursday. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Pilots have posted since November 27, 2024.
St. Joseph Notre Dame's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Niyah Simon, who posted 15 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Nia Jackson, who had 14 points.
Meanwhile, Cornerstone Christian entered their tilt with College Prep on Friday with five consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with six. They claimed a resounding 59-23 victory over the Cougars. Given Cornerstone Christian's advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 383rd, while College Prep is ranked 898th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Cornerstone Christian pushed their record up to 15-9 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 68.0 points over those games. As for St. Joseph Notre Dame, their victory bumped their record up to 8-12.
St. Joseph Notre Dame was taken down by Cornerstone Christian 77-37 when the teams last played last Tuesday. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point St. Joseph Notre Dame was down 43-14.
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