Basketball Game Preview: Tranquillity Tigers vs. Sanger West Hornets

Having just played yesterday, the Tranquillity Tigers will jump right back in to play the Sanger West Hornets at 12:00 p.m. on Friday.

Tranquillity's tournament run continued when they took on McLane on Thursday. Tranquillity was outmatched by McLane and fell 86-32. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 1246th, while the Highlanders are ranked 494th).

Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Sanger West). They claimed a resounding 93-35 win over Dos Palos. The victory was familiar territory for the Hornets who have now won three matches in a row.

Tranquillity has been struggling recently as they've lost seven of their last nine games, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-9 record this season. As for Sanger West, their win bumped their record up to 9-3.

Tranquillity was taken down by Sanger West 70-31 in their previous meeting back in December of 2023. Can Tranquillity avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.