Basketball Game Preview: Santa Ynez Pirates vs. Righetti Warriors

The Santa Ynez Pirates will head out on the road to square off against the Righetti Warriors at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.

Righetti will be up against a hot Santa Ynez squad: the team just extended their winning streak to seven. Santa Ynez took their contest on Friday with ease, bagging a 76-25 victory over Nipomo. Given the Pirates' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 480th, while the Titans are ranked 1224th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

It was another big night for Lucas Ollenburger, who went 7 of 8 on his way to 18 points and seven rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Jude Pritchard, who posted 11 points.

Meanwhile, Righetti had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 21 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They really took it to the Braves for the full four quarters, racking up a 68-36 win. With the Warriors ahead 35-13 at the half, the match was all but over already.

Righetti is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a massive bump to their 15-10 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 66.7 points per game. As for Santa Ynez, they pushed their record up to 15-8 with the victory, which was their third straight at home.

Santa Ynez barely slipped by Righetti when the teams last played back in January, winning 63-62. The rematch might be a little tougher for Santa Ynez since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.