Basketball Game Preview: Panorama Pythons vs. San Fernando Tigers

Panorama hasn't had much luck against San Fernando recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. Both will face off at 4:30 p.m. without much rest having both just played. Panorama is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 58.4 points per game this season.

Panorama easily dispatched Fulton on Thursday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. Panorama fell just short of East Valley by a score of 53-50 on Wednesday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest loss the Pythons have suffered since January 22nd.

Panorama might have lost, but man, Eddie Munguia was a machine: he posted 26 points. Munguia's afternoon made it four games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Raphael Latorre, who put up 14 points and eight rebounds.

Meanwhile, San Fernando came up short against Arleta on Wednesday and fell 65-55. The Tigers have struggled against the Mustangs recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive lost matchup.

Panorama will have to contain Omar Chavez as he made an impact in San Fernando's last game. He had 32 points. That was a full 58.2% of San Fernando's points, marking the ninth time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Isaiah Cabrera, who earned ten points.

San Fernando's defeat dropped their record down to 3-6. As for Panorama, their loss dropped their record down to 6-2.

Some high-performance offense is likely on the agenda as the two teams are some of the highest scoring teams in the league. Panorama hasn't had any problem running up the score this season, having averaged 58.4 points per game. However, it's not like San Fernando struggles in that department as they've been averaging 60.9 points. With both teams so easily able to put up points, the only question left is who can run the score up higher.

Panorama couldn't quite finish off San Fernando in their previous meeting back in January and fell 57-55. Can Panorama avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.