Bullard is 2-8 against San Joaquin Memorial since April of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Bullard Knights will venture away from home to square off against the San Joaquin Memorial Panthers at 6:30 p.m. Bullard knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past 11 matches -- so hopefully San Joaquin Memorial likes a good challenge.
Last Friday, Bullard didn't have too much trouble with Hoover as they won 72-57. Given the Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 137th, while the Patriots are ranked 459th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, San Joaquin Memorial had already won 11 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 27.7 points) and they went ahead and made it 12 on Friday. They took their game with ease, bagging an 82-46 victory over the Wildcats. The contest was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 45-21.
Bullard is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 17-10 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 70.8 points over those games. As for San Joaquin Memorial, they pushed their record up to 24-4 with the win, which was their tenth straight on the road.
Bullard came up short against San Joaquin Memorial in their previous meeting last Friday, falling 62-57. Can Bullard avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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