A feisty cat fight is on tap when the Hoover Cardinals take on the Sage Creek Bobcats at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday... Hoover has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with eight straight losses, while Sage Creek will come in with seven straight wins.
Hoover came up into this matchup off a tough 29-point defeat last Saturday. This time they kept things ultra-competitive, but unfortunately the final result was the same. They fell just short of Patrick Henry by a score of 51-49 on Friday.
Meanwhile, Sage Creek humbled Oceanside with a 73-33 victory. Given the Bobcats' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 186th, while the Pirates are ranked 676th), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Hoover better focus on containing Elijah Stephens and Jordan Barnhart as the pair were huge in Sage Creek's win. Stephens posted 20 points and six rebounds, while Barnhart earned 16 points and eight boards. The dominant performance gave Barnhart a new career-high in rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Kayden Naccarato, who scored seven points and five assists.
Sage Creek's victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 15-7. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 34 points. As for Hoover, their loss dropped their record down to 7-17.
Hoover and Sage Creek were neck-and-neck in their previous matchup back in June of 2021, but Hoover came up empty-handed after a 55-54 defeat. Will Hoover have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more basketball content.
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