Atascadero hasn't had much luck against St. Joseph recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Atascadero Greyhounds are taking a road trip to take on the St. Joseph Knights at 6:30 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Atascadero is headed into the contest after thoroughly thrashing Templeton: they outscored them in every quarter. Everything went Atascadero's way against Templeton on Friday as Atascadero made off with a 71-50 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Greyhounds.
Meanwhile, St. Joseph came tearing into Friday's matchup with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 26.8 points) and they left with even more momentum. They really took it to the Tigers for the full four quarters, racking up a 99-62 win. Given the Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked sixth, while the Tigers are ranked 122nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
St. Joseph pushed their record up to 16-1 with the victory, which was their 15th straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 91.4 points per game. As for Atascadero, they have been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-6 record this season.
Atascadero took a serious blow against St. Joseph in their previous matchup back in February of 2024, falling 103-44. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of St. Joseph's Tounde Yessoufou, who dropped a double-double on 36 points and 12 boards. Now that Atascadero knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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