The Yuba City Honkers will venture away from home to take on the Roseville Tigers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
On Wednesday, Yuba City was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 62-58 to Nevada Union. While losing is never fun, the Honkers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 787th, while the Miners are ranked 361st).
Meanwhile, Roseville unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak on Friday. They fell 66-58 to Woodcreek. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Thursday (56), the Tigers still had to take the loss.
Yuba City will need focus on slowing down Tyler Ritter, one of several Roseville players who made an impact when they last played. He posted 15 points along with six assists and five steals. Ritter is becoming a predictor of Roseville's success: when he posts at least three steals the team is 12-5 (and 2-3 when he doesn't). Another player making a difference was Matthias Howard, who went 7 of 11 on his way to 18 points and six rebounds.
Yuba City has traveled a rocky road recently having lost six of their last seven matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 7-15 record this season. As for Roseville, their defeat dropped their record down to 14-8.
Yuba City and Roseville were neck-and-neck when the teams last played on January 7th, but Yuba City came up empty-handed after a 60-59 loss. Can Yuba City avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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