Basketball Game Preview: Pleasant Hill Billies vs. La Pine Hawks

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Previous Games

01/21/25 - Home	77-30 W
02/13/24 - Away	77-53 W
01/23/24 - Home	85-72 W
01/25/23 - Away	74-53 W
01/03/23 - Neutral	63-29 W
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Pleasant Hill is 9-1 against La Pine since February of 2020 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Pleasant Hill Billies are taking a road trip to face off against the La Pine Hawks at 7:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Pleasant Hill has 14 straight wins, La Pine has nine straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.

Pleasant Hill is headed into the game having just posted their closest victory since January 10th on Tuesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Harrisburg, sneaking past 46-43. Given the Billies' advantage in MaxPreps' Oregon basketball rankings (they are ranked 17th, while the Eagles are ranked 108th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, it was a Battle of the Birds when La Pine took on Elmira on Tuesday. La Pine had to suffer through a 67-26 loss at the hands of Elmira.

Pleasant Hill pushed their record up to 21-3 with the win, which was their 20th straight at home dating back to last season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 63.9 points per game. As for La Pine, their loss dropped their record down to 4-17.

Everything came up roses for Pleasant Hill against La Pine in their previous meeting back in January, as the team secured a 77-30 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Pleasant Hill since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.