Basketball Game Preview: Saugus Centurions vs. Golden Valley Grizzlies

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Previous Games

01/07/25 - Home	55-53 W
01/26/24 - Home	64-43 W
01/02/24 - Away	82-68 W
01/24/23 - Away	59-55 W
12/09/22 - Home	63-57 W
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Saugus has gone 10-0 against Golden Valley recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Saugus Centurions will challenge the Golden Valley Grizzlies at 6:30 p.m. Saugus has been dominant on offense recently, having racked up an incredible 201 points over their last three matches.

Saugus is headed into the contest having just posted their closest win since January 7th on Tuesday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Hart 61-59. Given the Centurions' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 156th, while the Hawks are ranked 574th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, Golden Valley entered their game against Canyon on Tuesday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Golden Valley fell 63-54 to Canyon.

Saugus' win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 17-9. As for Golden Valley, their loss ended a seven-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 16-9.

Saugus came out on top in a nail-biter against Golden Valley in their previous matchup on January 7th, sneaking past 55-53. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Golden Valley's Zach Christoffersen, who went 8 for 14 en route to 19 points. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Saugus still be able to contain Christoffersen? There's only one way to find out.