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| 01/26/24 - Away | 72-55 W |
| 01/12/24 - Home | 60-47 W |
| 01/27/23 - Away | 67-53 W |
| 01/13/23 - Home | 72-57 W |
| 01/31/22 - Home | 66-57 W |
| + 5 more games |
El Capitan has gone 8-2 against Santana recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Saturday. The El Capitan Vaqueros will face off against the Santana Sultans at 5:00 p.m. El Capitan will be strutting in after a victory while Santana will be coming in after a loss.
El Capitan is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by San Ysidro to the tune of 78-45 on Wednesday. The matchup was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Vaqueros had established a 27 point advantage.
El Capitan's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Jason Wilson led the charge by going 7 for 12 on his way to 16 points in addition to five assists and five boards. The team also got some help courtesy of Brandt Barker, who went 5 of 6 on his way to 14 points and seven boards.
Wilson wasn't the only one working in the assists department: El Capitan was working as a unit and finished the game with 24 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Santana came up short against Point Loma last Monday, falling 78-58. While losing is never fun, the Sultans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 694th, while the Pointers are ranked 292nd).
Santana's defeat dropped their record down to 9-6. As for El Capitan, their win ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 5-13.
El Capitan strolled past Santana in their previous meeting back in January of 2024 by a score of 72-55. Will El Capitan repeat their success, or does Santana have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
