Basketball Game Preview: Richland Bombers vs. Hanford Falcons

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Previous Games

01/29/24 - Away	80-37 W
12/15/23 - Home	85-53 W
02/16/23 - Home	87-50 W
01/24/23 - Home	91-39 W
12/16/22 - Away	106-40 W
+ 5 more games

Richland is 10-0 against Hanford since January of 2020 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Richland Bombers will head out to take on the Hanford Falcons at 7:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Richland has eight straight wins, Hanford has 16 straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.

Richland is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Washington's top teams: Chiawana, who was ranked 19th at the time (Richland was ranked second). Richland greeted the New Year with with an 87-71 victory over Chiawana. 87 seems to be a good number for the Bombers as the team scooped up a win with the same number of points in their previous game.

Meanwhile, Hanford came up short against Southridge on Saturday and fell 71-64.

Richland pushed their record up to 8-0 with the victory, which was their tenth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Hanford, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-9.

Everything came up roses for Richland against Hanford when the teams last played back in January of 2024, as the squad secured an 80-37 win. Will Richland repeat their success, or does Hanford have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.