The Heritage Patriots will head out on the road to take on the Poly Bears at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Heritage is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 59.4 points per game this season.
Heritage is headed into Monday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Thursday. They took a blow against Rancho Christian, falling 87-40. While losing is never fun, the Patriots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 181st, while the Eagles are ranked 25th).
| 01/30/25 vs Rancho Christian | 2 |
| 01/28/25 vs Moreno Valley | 3 |
| 01/23/25 @ Valley View | 6 |
| 01/21/25 vs Paloma Valley | 3 |
| 01/16/25 vs Poly | 9 |
| 01/14/25 @ Rancho Christian | 4 |
Despite the defeat, Heritage had strong showings from LaKaila Trimble, who dropped a double-double on 14 points and ten boards, and Sierra Maxwell, who went 5 of 12 en route to 13 points. Maxwell is also on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed two or more in the last six games she's played. Bria Lewis was another key player, putting up five points.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Poly). They claimed a resounding 73-41 win over JW North. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Bears had established a 29 point advantage.
Poly's victory bumped their record up to 12-13. As for Heritage, their loss dropped their record down to 16-9.
Everything went Heritage's way against Poly in their previous meeting back in January, as Heritage made off with a 63-38 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Heritage since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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