Having just played yesterday, the Rock Academy Warriors will get right back to it and host the O'Farrell Charter Falcons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Rock Academy is looking for their season's first win.
Rock Academy is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Escondido on Thursday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Rock Academy lost 66-45 to Escondido. While losing is never fun, the Warriors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 1014th, while the Cougars are ranked 460th).
Loss or not, Rock Academy got some senior leadership from James Whitley and Roland Balderramos. Whitley went 8 of 14 on his way to 18 points in addition to seven boards and five assists, while Balderramos went 6 for 13 on his way to 15 points and three steals. That was a full 40% of Rock Academy's points, marking the fourth time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points.
Meanwhile, O'Farrell Charter suffered their closest defeat since February 1st on Wednesday. They fell just short of Preuss UCSD by a score of 55-52. The Falcons have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
O'Farrell Charter's loss dropped their record down to 5-3. As for Rock Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-6.
Rock Academy strolled past O'Farrell Charter when the teams last played back in November of 2023 by a score of 51-36. Does Rock Academy have another victory up their sleeve, or will O'Farrell Charter turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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