Basketball Game Preview: Dinuba Emperors vs. Tulare Western Mustangs

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01/14/25 - Home	59-82 L
01/30/24 - Home	57-40 W
01/12/24 - Away	67-59 W
02/01/23 - Away	68-52 W
01/12/23 - Home	76-65 W
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Dinuba has gone 8-2 against Tulare Western recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Dinuba Emperors are taking a road trip to square off against the Tulare Western Mustangs at 7:15 p.m. Dinuba is coming into the game hot, having won their last six games.

On Wednesday, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Dinuba beat Hanford 50-45.

Meanwhile, Tulare Western earned a 79-70 win over Mission Oak on Wednesday. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 332nd, while the Hawks are ranked 797th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Tulare Western is also on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 16-8 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 72.6 points per game. As for Dinuba, they pushed their record up to 14-9 with the victory, which was their third straight at home.

Dinuba suffered a grim 82-59 defeat to Tulare Western in their previous meeting on January 14th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Tulare Western's Malachi Ficher, who went 13 for 18 en route to 38 points and seven rebounds. Now that Dinuba knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.