The Foothill Tech Dragons will square off against the Nordhoff Rangers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Foothill Tech is coming into the contest on a three-game losing streak.
Foothill Tech managed to keep up with Ventura until halftime on Wednesday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Foothill Tech came up short against Ventura, falling 69-45. While losing is never fun, the Dragons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 955th, while the Cougars are ranked 351st).
Nordhoff fell on hard times earlier this season, but after back-to-back victories it seems like their luck might finally be changing. They managed a 52-46 win over Desert two weeks ago.
Nordhoff has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a massive bump to their 5-9 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 55.0 points per game. As for Foothill Tech, their loss dropped their record down to 5-12.
Everything went Foothill Tech's way against Nordhoff when the teams last played back in December of 2023, as Foothill Tech made off with a 65-42 victory. Will Foothill Tech repeat their success, or does Nordhoff have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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