Banning is 2-8 against Rancho Dominguez since January of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Banning Pilots will head out to square off against the Rancho Dominguez Lobos at 4:30 p.m. Given that both suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
On Wednesday, Banning took a blow against San Pedro, falling 70-40. While losing is never fun, the Pilots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 882nd, while the Pirates are ranked 336th).
Meanwhile, Rancho Dominguez was just a bucket shy of victory on Wednesday and fell 58-57 to Gardena. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (56), the Lobos still had to take the loss.
Rancho Dominguez dropped their record down to 5-13 with the defeat, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Banning, they now have a losing record at 10-11.
Banning came up short against Rancho Dominguez in their previous matchup back in January of 2024, falling 71-60. Can Banning avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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