Basketball Game Preview: Central Valley Falcons vs. University Prep Panthers

Central Valley hasn't had much luck against University Prep recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Central Valley Falcons will square off against the University Prep Panthers at 7:30 p.m.

Central Valley is headed into Tuesday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their 21st straight game on Friday. They took a 32-23 hit to the loss column at the hands of Anderson.

Meanwhile, University Prep had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 16.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They came out on top against the Miners by a score of 74-65. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 290th, while the Miners are ranked 885th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

University Prep's victory bumped their record up to 18-7. As for Central Valley, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-24.

Central Valley was taken down by University Prep 72-32 in their previous meeting back in January. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of University Prep's Trey Pringle, who went 6 of 10 en route to 16 points along with six assists and three steals. Now that Central Valley knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.