Basketball Game Preview: Enterprise Hornets vs. Chico Panthers

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Previous Games

01/23/25 - Away	64-67 L
01/30/24 - Away	53-52 W
01/09/24 - Home	77-66 W
01/31/23 - Home	37-41 L
01/10/23 - Away	37-67 L
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Enterprise and Chico are an even 5-5 against one another since February of 2019, but not for long. The Enterprise Hornets will be playing at home against the Chico Panthers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

Last Tuesday, Enterprise came up short against Foothill and fell 62-49. While the Hornets didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Cougars 19-11 in the first quarter.

Meanwhile, Chico suffered their closest loss since January 16, 2024 on Tuesday. They fell just short of Shasta by a score of 67-64. The Panthers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Enterprise has traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four matches, which has put a noticeable dent in their 13-11 record this season. As for Chico, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-12.

Enterprise couldn't quite finish off Chico in their previous matchup back in January and fell 67-64. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Chico's Magnus Nielsen, who dropped a double-double with 14 points and ten boards. Now that Enterprise knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.