River Valley and Yuba City are an even 5-5 against one another since December of 2019, but not for long. The River Valley Falcons will head out to face off against the Yuba City Honkers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Yuba City took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on River Valley, who comes in off a win.
River Valley will bounce into Friday's game after beating Roseville, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. River Valley narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Roseville 62-59.
Meanwhile, Yuba City was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They were four points away from ending the streak, but they lost a 64-60 heartbreaker at the hands of Twelve Bridges. While losing is never fun, the Honkers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 795th, while the Raging Rhinos are ranked 236th).
River Valley will have to contain Abhimanyu Mehta as he made an impact in Yuba City's last game. He went 10 for 16 on his way to 24 points and five rebounds. Those 24 points gave Mehta a new career-high. Ashton Dumaran was another key player, going 6 of 10 en route to 13 points.
River Valley's victory bumped their record up to 10-12. As for Yuba City, their loss dropped their record down to 7-17.
River Valley was able to grind out a solid win over Yuba City in their previous meeting back in January, winning 52-41. The rematch might be a little tougher for River Valley since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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