Basketball Game Preview: KIPP Navigate College Prep Tigers vs. El Primero Lobos

The KIPP Navigate College Prep Tigers will challenge the El Primero Lobos at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.

KIPP Navigate College Prep is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering KIPP San Jose Collegiate just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Tuesday. They had to suffer through a 58-30 loss at the hands of the Wolfpack. The Tigers were down 45-24 at the end of the third quarter, and things only got worse from there.

Meanwhile, El Primero was not able to break out of their rough patch last Tuesday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat dating back to last season. They took a blow against North Valley Baptist, falling 70-24. While losing is never fun, the Lobos can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 1341st, while the Bulldogs are ranked 571st).

El Primero's loss dropped their record down to 0-6. As for KIPP Navigate College Prep, their defeat was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 3-1 and their overall record down to 3-5.