The Santiago Sharks will venture away from home to take on the Corona Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Santiago is headed into Thursday's match hungry for a win as their strong season has now been derailed by two straight defeats. They had to suffer through a 95-43 loss at the hands of Roosevelt. While losing is never fun, the Sharks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 123rd, while the Mustangs are ranked first).
Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, Corona's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They received a blow as they fell 60-43 to King. The Panthers were down 50-29 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Santiago's loss dropped their record down to 17-7. As for Corona, their defeat ended a seven-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 16-8.
Santiago won a game that couldn't have been any closer in their previous meeting back in January of 2024, slipping by Corona 51-50. Does Santiago have another victory up their sleeve, or will Corona turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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