The Balboa Bengals will challenge the DME Academy - at 6:45 p.m. on Saturday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, these teams will really light up the scoreboard.
DME Academy will take on a team with plenty of momentum: Balboa extended their winning streak to three on Sunday. The Bengals came within a single point of losing the streak, but they secured a 61-60 W against Legacy School of Sport Sciences. Given the Bengals' advantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 20th in Florida, while the Titans are ranked 305th in Texas) , the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, it's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact DME Academy can now relate to. They took a hard 76-62 fall against the Golden Bulls two weeks ago.
DME Academy's loss dropped their record down to 23-9. As for Balboa, their victory bumped their record up to an identical 23-9.
Balboa suffered a grim 83-62 defeat to DME Academy when the teams last played back in December of 2025. Can the Bengals avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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