Basketball Game Preview: Cypress Centurions vs. Del Norte Nighthawks

The Cypress Centurions and the Del Norte Nighthawks will round out the year against one another at at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday. Cypress has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.

Last Saturday, Cypress came up short against San Juan Hills and fell 79-66. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Saturday (61), the Centurions still had to take the loss.

Meanwhile, Del Norte posted their closest win since January 31st on Saturday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Viewmont 61-58. The win was all the more spectacular given the Nighthawks' disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 765th in California, while the Vikings are ranked 60th in Utah).

Del Norte's victory bumped their record up to 5-8. As for Cypress, their loss dropped their record down to 10-5.