The Boulder Creek Jaguars will take on the Shadow Ridge Stallions at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Boulder Creek will be strutting in after a win while Shadow Ridge will be coming in after a defeat.
Boulder Creek is coming into the matchup on the come-up as their season has now been buoyed by two straight victories. They secured a 60-56 W over High Tech SD two weeks ago. Given the Jaguars' advantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 181st in Arizona, while the Storm are ranked 732nd in California), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Shadow Ridge played a tough contest on Thursday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They took a blow against Sunnyslope, falling 93-14. The game marked the Stallions' lowest-scoring match so far this season.
Boulder Creek has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 4-11 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 51.0 points per game. As for Shadow Ridge, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 6-4.
Boulder Creek was dealt a bruising 73-23 loss at the hands of Shadow Ridge in their previous meeting back in January of 2024. Can Boulder Creek avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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