The Orange Vista Coyotes will take on the Heritage Patriots at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Orange Vista has nine straight wins, Heritage has 11 straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
In Tuesday's Canine Competition, Orange Vista prevailed. They snuck past JW North with a 56-51 victory on Tuesday. Given the Coyotes' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 157th, while the Huskies are ranked 475th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Orange Vista to victory, but perhaps none more so than Anson Wright, who went 6 of 8 en route to 15 points and five rebounds. Wright continues to improve, besting his previous point total in each of the last three games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Adrian Viray, who posted 14 points.
Meanwhile, Heritage lost to Moreno Valley on the road by a 66-51 margin on Tuesday.
Orange Vista has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-6 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 66.3 points per game. As for Heritage, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-17.
Everything came up roses for Orange Vista against Heritage when the teams last played last Wednesday, as the squad secured a 90-31 win. In that game, Orange Vista amassed a halftime lead of 41-20, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Thursday.
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