Basketball Game Preview: Chaparral Pumas vs. Vista Murrieta Broncos

The Chaparral Pumas just played yesterday, but they'll still head out to face the Vista Murrieta Broncos at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Chaparral has struggled recently with three defeats in a row, while Vista Murrieta will arrive with three straight wins.

Chaparral is headed into the match having just suffered their closest loss since January 5, 2024 on Tuesday. They fell just short of Murrieta Valley by a score of 65-63. While losing is never fun, the Pumas can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 457th, while the Nighthawks are ranked 197th).

Meanwhile, Vista Murrieta strolled past Murrieta Mesa with points to spare on Tuesday, taking the game 73-56.

Chaparral's defeat dropped their record down to 12-14. As for Vista Murrieta, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 21-6 record this season.

Chaparral suffered a grim 89-66 defeat to Vista Murrieta in their previous matchup two weeks ago. Can Chaparral avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.