Basketball Game Preview: Desert Sunrise Golden Hawks vs. Coronado Dons

The Desert Sunrise Golden Hawks will head out to face off against the Coronado Dons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Coronado took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Desert Sunrise, who comes in off a win.

Desert Sunrise is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Tempe 67-65. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Golden Hawks considering their 22-point performance the game before.

Meanwhile, Coronado was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their ninth straight defeat. They had to suffer through a 68-32 loss at the hands of Dysart. While losing is never fun, the Dons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arizona basketball rankings (they are ranked 278th, while the Demons are ranked 58th).

Coronado's loss dropped their record down to 3-11. As for Desert Sunrise, with the win, they broke their four-game losing streak and moved their record to 3-15.