The McClatchy Lions will venture away from home to take on the Cordova Lancers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. McClatchy knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past three games -- so hopefully Cordova likes a good challenge.
Last Wednesday, McClatchy came up short against Antelope and fell 80-70. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Monday (63), the Lions still had to take the loss.
The match pitted two dominant guards against one another in Kai Bradford and Malichai Brown. Brown had a solid game and posted 11 points and eight rebounds. Meanwhile, Bradford was balling out in the loss, going 9 of 20 on his way to 32 points along with six boards and five assists.
Meanwhile, Cordova was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They took a 60-53 hit to the loss column at the hands of Kennedy. While losing is never fun, the Lancers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 1021st, while the Cougars are ranked 255th).
McClatchy's loss dropped their record down to 9-5. As for Cordova, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-10.
McClatchy suffered a grim 71-46 defeat to Cordova in their previous matchup back in December of 2022. Can McClatchy avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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