Remember to cheer on the Dons Frosh Basketball players. Acalanes is in the winner’s bracket for the first time in the season!!!!!!!

Today the Dons had a convincing win against the Urban Blues. In the first half Acalanes had aggressive full court pressure defense which caused the Urban Blues to turn over the ball giving Acalanes several layups. The lead went quickly up to 16 to 2. The aggressive zone defense was led by #10 Illian Kaplanes-Jones and #21 Gavin Beers. In the second half Acalanes maintained the lead and all the players had a chance to play extended minutes. #23 Arman Craig lead the team with strong rebounding and scoring. We went into half time with an 11-point lead. The other team never had a chance to make a run and get back into the game. Top scorers were #30 Lorenzo Cangini and #23 Arman Craig . #21 Gavin Beers and #10 Illian Kaplanes-Jones had 11 steals combined. It was good to have #5 Luca Otham on the court coming back from a long absence and seeing #5 Donovan McGrath making 3 three-point field goal in the second half. All the team were motivated and concentrated on securing the lead. The Final score was Acalanes 41 to 24 Urban Blues.

Next game Acalanes plays 5:30 pm San Rafael High School Go Dons!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!