Basketball Game Preview: Pleasant Hill Billies vs. Oakland Oakers

Pleasant Hill is on a 13-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Oakland is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Pleasant Hill Billies will host the Oakland Oakers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Pleasant Hill knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past five games -- so hopefully Oakland likes a good challenge.

If Pleasant Hill beats Oakland with 63 points on Friday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. Pleasant Hill enjoyed a cozy 63-44 victory over Catlin Gabel on Friday. Given the Billies' advantage in MaxPreps' Oregon basketball rankings (they are ranked 15th, while the Eagles are ranked 82nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, after a string of seven wins, Oakland's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They took a 62-54 hit to the loss column at the hands of Western Christian. The contest marked the Oakers' lowest-scoring game so far this season.

Oakland's defeat ended an eight-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 10-2. As for Pleasant Hill, their win bumped their record up to 12-2.