Basketball Game Preview: Hollister Haybalers vs. Watsonville Wildcatz

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Previous Games

01/06/25 - Away	39-43 L
02/02/24 - Home	56-39 W
01/11/24 - Away	53-38 W
02/03/23 - Away	51-48 W
01/13/23 - Home	63-36 W
+ 4 more games

Hollister has gone 8-1 against Watsonville recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Hollister Haybalers will look to defend their home court against the Watsonville Wildcatz at 7:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Hollister sitting on four straight wins and Watsonville on three.

Hollister is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They really took it to Everett Alvarez for the full four quarters, racking up a 77-28 victory. The contest was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 38-9.

Meanwhile, Watsonville hadn't done well against Alisal recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. Watsonville snuck past Alisal with a 49-44 win.

Hollister pushed their record up to 10-7 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 34.2 points. As for Watsonville, their win bumped their record up to 15-3.

Hollister came up short against Watsonville when the teams last played on January 6th, falling 43-39. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Watsonville's Isabella Alvarez, who went 7 for 12 en route to 19 points and four steals. Now that Hollister knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.