Yreka is 1-9 against University Prep since January of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Yreka Miners will head out on the road to challenge the University Prep Panthers at 7:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Yreka sitting on four straight victories and University Prep on 12.
With a playoff game on the line, Yreka rose to the challenge on Tuesday. They claimed a resounding 90-41 victory over the Bobcats at home. Yreka's offense stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most points they've scored all season.
Jayden Dunbar was nothing short of spectacular: he scored 28 points. As a matter of fact, that's the most points he has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Skyler McLane, who scored 16 points.
Meanwhile, University Prep stacked a 13th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Friday. They took their game on the road with ease, bagging a 59-31 win over Anderson. Given University Prep's advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 366th, while Anderson is ranked 1101st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead University Prep to victory, but perhaps none more so than Baron Grooms, who scored 11 points along with four steals. Scott Steffan was another key contributor, scoring nine points along with five rebounds.
Yreka's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 13-16. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 73.2 points per game. As for University Prep, they are on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 16 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 20-8 record this season.
Yreka might still be hurting after the 70-49 defeat they got from University Prep in their previous meeting back in January. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Yreka was down 46-20.
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