Basketball Game Preview: Mission Bears vs. Balboa Buccaneers

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Previous Games

01/21/25 - Home	71-52 W
02/12/24 - Away	74-72 W
01/23/24 - Home	64-80 L
02/13/23 - Away	77-62 W
01/18/23 - Home	74-55 W
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Mission has gone 8-2 against Balboa recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Mission Bears will face off against the Balboa Buccaneers at 5:30 p.m. Mission is coming into the contest on a three-game losing streak.

It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 74-46, which was the final score in Mission's tilt against Galileo on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Balboa played a tough match on Friday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They lost 60-36 to Lowell. The Buccaneers haven't had much luck with the Cardinals recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.

Mission will have to contain Alan Ly as he made an impact in Balboa's last game. He posted ten points. Matteo Byrd was another key player, putting up six points.

Balboa's loss dropped their record down to 6-19. As for Mission, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-15.

Mission strolled past Balboa in their previous meeting back in January by a score of 71-52. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Balboa's Donovan DeSousa, who went 10 of 12 on his way to 22 points. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Mission still be able to contain DeSousa? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.