Basketball Game Preview: King Wolves vs. Norco Cougars

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Previous Games

01/29/24 - Home	102-92 W
01/19/24 - Away	85-74 W
02/03/23 - Home	72-60 W
01/31/23 - Away	77-84 L
01/12/23 - Home	76-66 W
+ 5 more games

King is 9-1 against Norco since January of 2020 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The King Wolves will host the Norco Cougars at 7:00 p.m. King will be strutting in after a win while Norco will be coming in after a defeat.

King is returning to their home court after beating Corona on theirs, despite the fact Corona has dominated at home this season. King took down Corona 60-43 on Tuesday. The Wolves pushed the score to 50-29 by the end of the third, a deficit the Panthers cut but never quite recovered from.

Meanwhile, after soaring to 94 points the game before, Norco was a bit more limited in their matchup on Tuesday. They had to suffer through a 85-28 loss at the hands of Centennial. The Cougars were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 40-13.

Norco has traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 7-15 record this season. Those losses can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.8 points per game. As for King, their victory bumped their record up to 11-13.

King was able to grind out a solid win over Norco in their previous matchup back in January of 2024, winning 102-92. Does King have another victory up their sleeve, or will Norco turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.