Yuba City and River Valley are an even 5-5 against one another since December of 2019, but not for long. The Yuba City Honkers will be playing at home against the River Valley Falcons at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Yuba City is headed into Friday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fourth straight game on Wednesday. They were four points away from ending the streak, but they lost a 64-60 heartbreaker at the hands of Twelve Bridges. While losing is never fun, the Honkers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 795th, while the Raging Rhinos are ranked 236th).
| 02/05/25 @ Twelve Bridges | 24 |
| 01/21/25 vs Del Campo | 21 |
| 12/02/24 @ Vista del Lago | 17 |
| 12/21/24 vs Oakmont | 16 |
| 01/02/25 vs Del Oro | 15 |
Despite the defeat, Yuba City got top-tier performance from Abhimanyu Mehta, who went 10 for 16 en route to 24 points and five boards. The dominant performance gave Mehta a new career-high in points. Ashton Dumaran was another key player, going 6 of 10 on his way to 13 points.
Meanwhile, River Valley hadn't done well against Roseville recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Wednesday. River Valley skirted past Roseville 62-59.
River Valley's victory bumped their record up to 10-12. As for Yuba City, their loss dropped their record down to 7-17.
Yuba City came up short against River Valley in their previous matchup back in January, falling 52-41. Will Yuba City have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other basketball content.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
