Basketball Game Preview: Half Moon Bay Cougars vs. Menlo-Atherton Bears

The Half Moon Bay Cougars will square off against the Menlo-Atherton Bears at 6:15 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.

Half Moon Bay is headed into the game after thoroughly thrashing Westmoor: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Half Moon Bay blew Westmoor out of the water with a 60-20 final score. The Cougars have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 11 contests by 20 points or more this season.

Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Menlo-Atherton). They blew past Aragon 76-53 on Wednesday. The win was familiar territory for the Bears, who have now won five matchups in a row.

Menlo-Atherton's victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 17-6. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.0 points over those games. As for Half Moon Bay, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-6 record this season.

Half Moon Bay came up short against Menlo-Atherton in their previous meeting back in January, falling 46-33. Will Half Moon Bay have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other basketball content.