The Mission Oak Hawks will challenge the Dinuba Emperors at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Mission Oak sitting on five straight wins and Dinuba on six.
Mission Oak is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took their contest on Tuesday with ease, bagging a 64-19 victory over Hanford. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Meanwhile, Dinuba strolled past Tulare Union with points to spare on Tuesday, taking the game 59-43. Given the Emperors' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 205th, while the The Tribe are ranked 574th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Dinuba has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.3 points per game. As for Mission Oak, they now have a winning record of 10-9.
Mission Oak strolled past Dinuba in their previous matchup back in February of 2024 by a score of 57-40. Does Mission Oak have another victory up their sleeve, or will Dinuba turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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