The Arrowhead Christian Eagles will be playing in front of their home fans against the Ontario Christian Knights at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Arrowhead Christian knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with flashy point totals in its past seven contests -- so hopefully Ontario Christian likes a good challenge.
Even though Orangewood Academy scored an imposing 62 points on Tuesday, Arrowhead Christian still came out on top. Arrowhead Christian narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Orangewood Academy 64-62. Given Arrowhead Christian's advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 379th, while Orangewood Academy is ranked 763rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
It was another big night for Clayton Mpiana , who dropped a double-double on 24 points and 18 rebounds. That makes it two consecutive games in which he has scored at least 25% of Arrowhead Christian's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Gavin Skipper , who scored 12 points.
Meanwhile, Ontario Christian had just enough and edged La Canada out 54-51 on Saturday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Ontario Christian.
Ontario Christian had a senior duo take command as Alex Yang scored 18 points along with 5 rebounds and Max Ma scored 19 points. That makes it two consecutive games in which Yang has scored at least 25% of Ontario Christian's points. Zander Lewis was another key contributor, scoring 4 points.
Arrowhead Christian is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season. As for Ontario Christian, their win bumped their record up to 8-5.
This contest is shaping up to be a blowout: Arrowhead Christian hasn't had any problem running up the score this season, having only averaged 71.9 points per game. However, it's not like Ontario Christian struggles in that department as they've been averaging only 55.9 per game. The only thing between Arrowhead Christian and another offensive beatdown is Ontario Christian. Will they be able to keep them contained? Come back here after the game to get analysis of the match and other basketball content.
Arrowhead Christian barely slipped by Ontario Christian in their previous matchup back in January, winning 55-54. Does Arrowhead Christian have another victory up their sleeve, or will Ontario Christian turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
