Basketball Game Preview: Mission Hills Grizzlies vs. Fallbrook Warriors

The Mission Hills Grizzlies will venture away from home to face off against the Fallbrook Warriors at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Mission Hills has four straight wins, Fallbrook has ten straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.

Mission Hills is headed into the match after thoroughly thrashing Del Norte: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Mission Hills blew Del Norte out of the water with a 91-22 final score. The Grizzlies have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 11 contests by 21 points or more this season.

Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 77-22, which was the final score in Fallbrook's tilt against Westview on Tuesday. 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 480th, while the Wolverines are ranked 73rd).

Fallbrook's loss dropped their record down to 11-16. As for Mission Hills, their victory bumped their record up to 19-8.

Everything came up roses for Mission Hills against Fallbrook in their previous matchup back in January, as the team secured a 93-55 win. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Fallbrook's Grace Nordeen, who dropped a triple-double with 21 points, 22 rebounds, and 11 assists. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Mission Hills still be able to contain Nordeen? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.