Basketball Game Preview: Bullard Knights vs. Fresno Warriors

The Bullard Knights will square off against the Fresno Warriors at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Bullard has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last four games.

Bullard easily dispatched Sanger on Friday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. Bullard fell just short of Roosevelt by a score of 77-75 on Wednesday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (71), the Knights still had to take the loss.

Meanwhile, Fresno came up short against Sunnyside on Wednesday and fell 64-54. While losing is never fun, the Warriors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 655th, while the Wildcats are ranked 276th).

Bullard has traveled a rocky road recently having lost four of their last five matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 11-8 record this season. As for Fresno, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 9-9.

Everything came up roses for Bullard against Fresno in their previous matchup back in December of 2018, as the team secured a 78-51 win. In that contest, Bullard amassed a halftime lead of 48-26, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.