Basketball Recap: Western Sierra Collegiate Academy Skates Past Buckingham Charter with Ease

Wolves

Margin (Wins)

12/16/24 @ Highlands	49
12/10/24 @ Leroy Greene Academy	35
01/21/25 @ Buckingham Charter	34
01/07/25 @ Sacramento Country Day	32
12/06/24 vs Futures	31
12/21/24 vs Highlands	31

After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Faith Christian, Western Sierra Collegiate Academy was happy to have turned things around on Tuesday. They really took it to the Buckingham Charter Knights for the full four quarters, racking up a 46-12 win. The Wolves have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won six matches by 31 points or more this season.

Western Sierra Collegiate Academy got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Caia Salgado out in front who posted nine points in addition to six assists and five rebounds. The dominant performance also gave Salgado a new career-high in steals (four). Another player making a difference was Vidhi Rana, who earned eight points along with ten boards and four steals.

Western Sierra Collegiate Academy is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 24.0 points per game. As for Buckingham Charter, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-9.

Western Sierra Collegiate Academy will welcome Valley Christian at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Western Sierra Collegiate Academy's defense has only allowed 26.8 points per game this season, so Valley Christian's offense will have their work cut out for them. Buckingham Charter has already played their next game (against Sacramento Adventist), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.