The Bellflower Buccaneers will take on the Downey Vikings at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Bellflower comes in on seven and Downey on five.
On Wednesday, Bellflower strolled past Firebaugh with points to spare, taking the game 66-47. Given the Buccaneers' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 313th, while the Falcons are ranked 909th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Downey posted their biggest win since December 9, 2024 on Wednesday. Everything went their way against Paramount as Downey made off with a 65-40 victory. The Vikings pushed the score to 57-26 by the end of the third, a deficit the Pirates cut but never quite recovered from.
Downey pushed their record up to 15-7 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 66.3 points per game. As for Bellflower, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-7 record this season.
Bellflower skirted past Downey 51-49 in their previous matchup back in December of 2018. Does Bellflower have another victory up their sleeve, or will Downey turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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