The Fresno Warriors will head out to face off against the Bullard Knights at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Last Wednesday, Fresno came up short against Sunnyside and fell 64-54. While losing is never fun, the Warriors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 655th, while the Wildcats are ranked 276th).
Meanwhile, Bullard didn't have quite enough to beat Roosevelt on Wednesday and fell 77-75. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (71), the Knights still had to take the loss.
Bullard has traveled a rocky road recently having lost four of their last five games, which put a noticeable dent in their 11-8 record this season. As for Fresno, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 9-9.
Fresno took a serious blow against Bullard in their previous meeting back in December of 2018, falling 78-51. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Fresno was down 48-26.
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