Santa Barbara hasn't had much luck against Oxnard recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Santa Barbara Dons will head out on the road to take on the Oxnard Yellowjackets at 7:00 p.m.
Santa Barbara is headed into Thursday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their seventh straight game on Tuesday. They were outmatched by Dos Pueblos and fell 64-37. While losing is never fun, the Dons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 807th, while the Chargers are ranked 160th).
Meanwhile, Oxnard didn't have too much trouble with Pacifica on Tuesday as they won 48-30. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Yellowjackets.
Oxnard is also on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-7 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 55.2 points per game. As for Santa Barbara, their loss dropped their record down to 2-18.
Santa Barbara was dealt a bruising 79-36 defeat at the hands of Oxnard when the teams last played on January 9th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Oxnard's Kayla Lumas, who went 9 of 11 on her way to 20 points and seven steals. Now that Santa Barbara knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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