The Bishop O'Dowd Dragons will challenge the Sheldon Huskies at 9:00 p.m. on Saturday.
Bishop O'Dowd is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Alameda just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Thursday. They were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 54-53 to the Hornets.
Meanwhile, Sheldon entered their tilt with Franklin on Friday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They strolled past the Wildcats with points to spare, taking the game 65-51. The victory was all the more spectacular given the Huskies' disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 217th, while the Wildcats are ranked 52nd).
Sheldon pushed their record up to 9-9 with the win, which was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 77.5 points per game. As for Bishop O'Dowd, their defeat was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 9-6.
Bishop O'Dowd and Sheldon were neck-and-neck in their previous meeting back in March of 2018, but Bishop O'Dowd came up empty-handed after a 61-60 loss. Can Bishop O'Dowd avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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