Having just played yesterday, the Union Mine Diamondbacks will jump right back in to play the West Park Panthers at 2:30 p.m. on Friday. Both have had a bumpy ride up to this point with four consecutive losses apiece.
Union Mine's tournament run continued when they took on Bear Creek on Thursday. Union Mine's2024 ended with a 64-46 loss against Bear Creek. While losing is never fun, the Diamondbacks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 1011th, while the Bruins are ranked 320th).
Meanwhile, West Park was just a bucket shy of victory on Thursday and fell 40-39 to Atwater.
West Park's defeat dropped their record down to 6-6. As for Union Mine, their loss dropped their record down to 1-10.
Union Mine was able to grind out a solid victory over West Park when the teams last played back in February of 2022, winning 58-50. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was West Park's Tallis Toure, who dropped a double-double on ten points and 16 boards. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for Union Mine to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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