The Foothill Tech Dragons will take on the Fillmore Flashes in a holiday battle at 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Foothill Tech is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Buena just ended the team's seven-game winning streak on Saturday. They were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 54-53 to the Bulldogs.
Meanwhile, Fillmore came up short against Hamilton on Saturday and fell 73-64. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Thursday (59), the Flashes still had to take the loss.
Foothill Tech will have to contain Brendan Banks-Speed as he made an impact in Fillmore's last game. He dropped a double-double with 29 points and ten boards. That was a full 45.3% of Fillmore's points, marking the third time in a row Banks-Speed has posted more than a third of the team's points. Octavio Orozco was another key player, dropping a double-double with 15 points and ten rebounds.
Fillmore's loss dropped their record down to 7-3. As for Foothill Tech, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-2.
Foothill Tech strolled past Fillmore in their previous meeting back in December of 2024 by a score of 70-56. Will the Dragons repeat their success, or do the Flashes have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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