The Oak Park Eagles will take on the Santa Barbara Dons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Oak Park is looking for their season's first win.
Last Wednesday, Oak Park lost to Village Christian at home by a 76-57 margin. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 677th, while the Crusaders are ranked 191st).
Meanwhile, Santa Barbara was fully in charge on Thursday, breezing past Pacifica 84-43. That 41 point margin sets a new team best for the Dons this season.
Oak Park's loss dropped their record down to 0-11. As for Santa Barbara, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 5-2.
Oak Park strolled past Santa Barbara when the teams last played back in December of 2023 by a score of 64-50. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Santa Barbara's Luke Zuffelato, who posted 26 points and five rebounds. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Oak Park still be able to contain Zuffelato? There's only one way to find out.
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