Taft hasn't had much luck against Birmingham recently, but that could start to change on Wednesday. The Taft Toreadors are taking a road trip to take on the Birmingham Patriots at 4:55 p.m.
Taft lost 79-53 to Chatsworth on Monday. While losing is never fun, the Toreadors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 420th, while the Chancellors are ranked 80th).
Meanwhile, Birmingham humbled Godinez Fundamental with an 82-47 victory. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Patriots.
Birmingham has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-9 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 75.1 points per game. As for Taft, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 10-14.
Taft came up short against Birmingham in their previous meeting back in January, falling 83-73. Can Taft avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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