Basketball Game Preview: Yerba Buena Aztec Warriors vs. Hill Falcons
By Team Reports
Feb 2, 2025, 12:59am
Basketball Preview: Yerba Buena Aztec Warriors vs. Hill Falcons
Yerba Buena is 1-9 against Hill since February of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Yerba Buena Aztec Warriors will venture away from home to challenge the Hill Falcons at 7:00 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Yerba Buena is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They walked away with a 92-82 victory over James Lick on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Aztec Warriors.
Meanwhile, Hill beat Del Mar 60-51 on Friday.
Yerba Buena better keep an eye on Nicolas Huerta. He was instrumental in Hill's win, shooting 6-for-10 from beyond the arc and almost dropping a double-double on 21 points and nine rebounds. The dominant performance also gave Huerta a new career-high in steals (five). Anthony Sanchez was another key player, going 8 of 13 on his way to 17 points in addition to five assists and four steals.
Hill is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-15 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 54.0 points per game. As for Yerba Buena, their win bumped their record up to 3-17.
Yerba Buena lost to Hill on the road by a decisive 72-56 margin in their previous matchup back in January. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Hill's Ernesto Ochoa, who dropped a double-double on 22 points and 12 boards. Now that Yerba Buena knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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