Preview: Horizon Prep Lions vs. Warner Wildcats
The Horizon Prep Lions will finish 2023 at home by hosting the Warner Wildcats at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Horizon Prep's recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Tuesday after their third straight loss. They took a 36-30 hit to the loss column at the hands of Mountain Empire.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 72 points the game before, Warner were a bit more limited in their match on Monday. Their rough 40-19 loss to Chula Vista Learning Community Charter might stick with them for a while.
Despite the loss, Warner got a solid performance out of Ayden Pulido , who scored five points along with six rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Pulido has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Anthony Porras , who scored two points along with five steals.
Horizon Prep has fallen quite a ways from their 18-6 record last season and are now at 2-9. As for Warner, they bumped their record down to 7-8 with that loss, which was their sixth straight on the road.
Horizon Prep might still be hurting after the 54-30 defeat they got from Warner in their previous matchup on December 1st. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Porras , who scored 17 points along with seven steals and five rebounds. Now that Horizon Prep knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
