Basketball Game Preview: West Vikings vs. Orosi Cardinals

The West Vikings will take on the Orosi Cardinals in a holiday battle at on Thursday. West is coming into the match on a six-game losing streak.

West's tournament run continued when they took on Stockdale last Saturday. West took a 49-44 hit to the loss column at the hands of Stockdale.

Orosi fell on hard times earlier this season, but after back-to-back victories it seems like their luck might finally be changing. They came out on top against Mt. Whitney by a score of 38-27 on Thursday. The win was all the more spectacular given the Cardinals' disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 979th, while the Pioneers are ranked 462nd).

Orosi's victory bumped their record up to 4-8. As for West, their loss dropped their record down to 1-6.