Basketball Game Preview: West Valley Eagles vs. Lassen Grizzlies

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Previous Games

01/07/25 - Home	70-45 W
02/09/24 - Home	68-59 W
01/23/24 - Away	51-62 L
12/29/23 - Neutral	61-44 W
02/10/23 - Away	49-45 W
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West Valley is 8-2 against Lassen since February of 2020 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The West Valley Eagles will head out on the road to take on the Lassen Grizzlies at 7:30 p.m. West Valley is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 54.1 points per game this season.

West Valley fought the good fight in their overtime game against Enterprise on Monday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell 79-72 to the Hornets. The Eagles haven't had much luck with the Hornets recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.

Despite the defeat, West Valley got top-tier performance from Jordan Heacock, who went 10 for 21 en route to 28 points and seven rebounds. Zack Boemeke was another key player, going 6 of 13 on his way to 14 points and eight boards.

Meanwhile, Lassen played a tough contest on Tuesday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They lost 68-48 to Foothill. While losing is never fun, the Grizzlies can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 1117th, while the Cougars are ranked 233rd).

West Valley's record is now 13-10. As for Lassen, their loss was their 12th straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 4-18.

West Valley took their victory against Lassen when the teams last played on January 7th by a conclusive 70-45. The rematch might be a little tougher for West Valley since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.