The El Camino Colts will head out on the road to square off against the San Mateo Bearcats at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
If El Camino beats San Mateo with 37 points on Wednesday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. El Camino secured a 37-32 W over Terra Nova on Friday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Colts.
Meanwhile, San Mateo came tearing into Friday's contest with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 19.7 points) and they left with even more momentum. They enjoyed a cozy 43-27 win over the Mustangs. Given the Bearcats' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 356th, while the Mustangs are ranked 787th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
San Mateo's victory was their seventh straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 12-4. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 26.9 points per game. As for El Camino, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a massive bump to their 9-7 record this season.
El Camino came out on top in a nail-biter against San Mateo when the teams last played back in December of 2019, sneaking past 30-28. Does El Camino have another victory up their sleeve, or will San Mateo turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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