The JW North Huskies are taking a road trip to take on the King Wolves at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: JW North has struggled recently with nine losses in a row, while King will arrive with four straight victories.
JW North is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Santiago on Tuesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. The Huskies were beaten by the Sharks 68-39. While losing is never fun, the Huskies can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 934th, while the Sharks are ranked 68th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask King). They took their contest on Wednesday with ease, bagging a 79-42 win over Arlington. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Wolves had established a 22-point advantage.
King's victory bumped their record up to 9-4. As for JW North, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-8.
JW North skirted past King 49-46 when the teams last played back in January. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Huskies since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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