Basketball Preview: Yucaipa Thunderbirds vs. Palm Springs Indians
The Yucaipa Thunderbirds will head out to face off against the Palm Springs Indians at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Yucaipa knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past five matches -- so hopefully Palm Springs likes a good challenge.
Yucaipa is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with an 84-81 victory over Colony on Saturday.
Malik Young continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, going 13 for 21 en route to 33 points plus five assists and three steals. His afternoon made it four games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Jonathan Campbell, who went 10 for 13 en route to 20 points plus seven rebounds.
Yucaipa was working as a unit and finished the game with 28 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since the start of last season.
Meanwhile, Palm Springs entered their tilt with Northview on Thursday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They breezed by the Vikings to the tune of 67-16. That looming 67-16 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for the Indians yet this season.
Palm Springs pushed their record up to 4-1 with the win, which was their 13th straight at home dating back to last season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 62.8 points per game. As for Yucaipa, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season.
Yucaipa came up short against Palm Springs in their previous meeting back in December of 2023, falling 60-52. Can Yucaipa avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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