The Salesian College Preparatory Pride will face off against the St. Joseph Knights at 8:15 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Salesian College Preparatory sitting on 13 straight wins and St. Joseph on ten.
Salesian College Preparatory is headed into the contest after thoroughly thrashing Vallejo: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Salesian College Preparatory blew Vallejo out of the water with an 85-26 final score. The Pride have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 13 games by 24 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, St. Joseph humbled Arroyo Grande with a 77-45 victory. The Knights is also no stranger to big wins: their blowout on Thursday was the 15 match they've won by 20+ points or more this season.
Salesian College Preparatory better keep an eye on Tounde Yessoufou. He was instrumental in St. Joseph's win, dropping a double-double on 36 points and 12 boards. Yessoufou's evening made it 19 games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Malcolm Price, who went 6 of 8 on his way to 15 points.
St. Joseph pushed their record up to 21-1 with the victory, which was their 17th straight at home dating back to last season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 91.3 points per game. As for Salesian College Preparatory, their win bumped their record up to 19-1.
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