The Ceres Bulldogs will take on the Central Valley Hawks at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Last Wednesday, Ceres came up short against Beyer and fell 51-44. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 859th, while the Patriots are ranked 259th).
Meanwhile, Central Valley had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 11 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Wednesday. They came out on top against the Spartans by a score of 50-37.
This is the second loss in a row for Ceres and nudges their season record down to 10-17. As for Central Valley, their victory bumped their record up to 15-12.
Ceres came up short against Central Valley when the teams last played back in January, falling 54-50. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Central Valley's Jace Mclennon, who dropped a double-double with 27 points and 11 rebounds. Now that Ceres knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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