The Piedmont Highlanders will challenge the San Joaquin Memorial Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Piedmont is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They took their matchup with ease, bagging a 60-29 victory over Oakland Tech. The Highlanders have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 13 contests by 22 points or more this season.
Folsom typically has all the answers at home, but on Tuesday San Joaquin Memorial proved too difficult a challenge. They walked away with an 84-74 win over the Bulldogs. The victory was all the more spectacular given the Panthers' disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 77th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 13th).
San Joaquin Memorial is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 23-6 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 62.5 points over those games. The win made it two in a row for Piedmont and bumps their season record up to 24-5.
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