The Gridley Bulldogs will square off against the Las Plumas Thunderbirds at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Gridley knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past seven contests -- so hopefully Las Plumas likes a good challenge.
Gridley is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing Oroville: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Gridley blew Oroville out of the water with a 62-33 final score. The Bulldogs have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won eight games by 25 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, Las Plumas fought the good fight in their overtime contest against Orland on Tuesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 82-81 to the Trojans. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (61), the Thunderbirds still had to take the loss.
Gridley has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 17-4 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 61.4 points per game. As for Las Plumas, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 16-7.
Gridley was taken down by Las Plumas 82-55 in their previous meeting on January 14th. Can Gridley avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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