The Corona Panthers will venture away from home to face off against the Chaparral Pumas at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Chaparral is hoping to do what Lakeside couldn't on Wednesday: put an end to Corona's winning streak, which now stands at six games. Corona blew past Lakeside 68-38. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Panthers had established a 28 point advantage.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Chaparral). They took their contest on Wednesday with ease, bagging a 79-51 win over Carter. While the Pumas didn't have the best season last year (they finished 7-19), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Corona's victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-5. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 30.6 points. As for Chaparral, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 7-5 record this season.
Corona strolled past Chaparral when the teams last played back in November of 2019 by a score of 54-40. The rematch might be a little tougher for Corona since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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