The Whitney Wildcats will take on the Jesuit Marauders at 7:00 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, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Whitney beat Del Oro 65-59. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Wildcats.
Meanwhile, Jesuit entered their tilt with Granite Bay on Wednesday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They put the hurt on the Grizzlies with a sharp 75-51 win. Given the Marauders' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 63rd, while the Grizzlies are ranked 426th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Jesuit pushed their record up to 16-6 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.5 points per game. As for Whitney, their win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 16-7.
Whitney was dealt a bruising 73-43 loss at the hands of Jesuit in their previous meeting on January 10th. Can Whitney avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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