Basketball Game Preview: Sacramento Dragons vs. Vanden Vikings

The Sacramento Dragons will take on the Vanden Vikings at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

Sacramento is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Amador Valley just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Saturday. They took a 54-44 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Dons. While losing is never fun, the Dragons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 303rd, while the Dons are ranked 114th).

Meanwhile, Vanden unfortunately witnessed the end of their six-game winning streak on Saturday. They were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 68-67 to Lincoln.

Vanden's loss dropped their record down to 11-6. As for Sacramento, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-8.

Sacramento didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Vanden in their previous matchup back in February of 2023, but they still walked away with a 66-61 win. Will Sacramento repeat their success, or does Vanden have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.