Even though the Modesto Panthers scored an imposing 58 points on Tuesday, the Central Valley Hawks still came out on top. Central Valley took their contest against Modesto 71-58. With that victory, Central Valley brought their scoring average up to 55 points per game.
Among those leading the charge was Sahibjot Deal, who dropped a double-double on 12 points and 10 rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Emmanuel Carranza, who scored 8 points along with 6 rebounds and 3 steals.
Despite the loss, Modesto still got an impressive performance from Phillip Gonder, who scored 17 points along with 9 rebounds and 3 steals. Gonder scored a full 29.3% of Modesto's points, the second time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Andrew Poulsen, who scored 10 points along with 3 steals.
Central Valley now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Modesto, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-1.
Central Valley will head out on the road to face off against Johansen at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Johansen will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps California Rankings (they are ranked 1040th, while Central Valley is ranked 460th). Modesto won't have much time to rest: their next contest is against Ceres at 7:30 p.m. on November 29th. Ceres is strutting with some offensive muscle, as they've averaged 58.8 points per game.
