Basketball Game Preview: Patriot Warriors vs. Norte Vista Braves

Patriot and Norte Vista are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2020, but not for long. The Patriot Warriors will square off against the Norte Vista Braves at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.

It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 73-43, which was the final score in Patriot's tilt against Ramona on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, Norte Vista had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 40.8 points) and they went ahead and made it six on Tuesday. They put the hurt on the Jaguars with a sharp 72-52 victory. Given the Braves' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 226th, while the Jaguars are ranked 1037th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Norte Vista has also been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 17-6 record this season. As for Patriot, they have also traveled a rocky road recently having lost nine of their last 12 contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 9-14 record this season.

Patriot was taken down by Norte Vista 92-59 in their previous matchup two weeks ago. Can Patriot avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.