The Mission Oak Hawks will head out on the road to challenge the Fresno Christian Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Mission Oak is no doubt hoping to put an end to a five-game streak of away losses.
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Mission Oak had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. They walked away with a 68-56 win over the Scots. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Mission Oak relied on the efforts of Daniel Gonzalez, who scored 19 points along with five assists and four steals, and Malakai Rodriguez, who scored 24 points along with five steals. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Gonzalez has scored all season. Anthony Jackson was another key contributor, scoring nine points along with seven rebounds.
Meanwhile, Fresno Christian put the finishing touches on their tenth blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by a 69-43 margin over Golden Valley. Given Fresno Christian's advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 391st, while Golden Valley is ranked 1202nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Mission Oak's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 12-18. As for Fresno Christian, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 21-7 record this season.
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