St. Mary has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will face off against the Del Oro Golden Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both teams will really light up the scoreboard.
With a playoff game on the line, St. Mary's rose to the challenge on Wednesday. They took down the Falcons 67-49. Given St. Mary's advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 101st, while Atwater is ranked 448th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Daniel Huerta and Cayden Ward were among the main playmakers for St. Mary's as the former scored 16 points along with five assists and two blocks and the latter dropped a double-double on 13 points and 17 rebounds. Ward hasn't dropped below eight rebounds for three straight games. Another player making a difference was Alex Perasso, who scored 11 points.
Meanwhile, Del Oro entered their tilt with Patterson with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Del Oro strolled past Patterson with points to spare on Wednesday, taking the game 81-66. Del Oro pushed the score to 59-39 by the end of the third, a deficit Patterson cut but never quite recovered from.
St. Mary's victory bumped their record up to 21-8. As for Del Oro, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 22-7 record this season.
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