The Heritage Patriots will square off against the Rancho Christian Eagles at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Heritage is headed into Thursday's contest hungry for a win as their strong season has now been derailed by two straight defeats. They took a blow against Moreno Valley on Tuesday, falling 74-35. While losing is never fun, the Patriots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 170th, while the Vikings are ranked 15th).
Meanwhile, Rancho Christian really took it to Valley View for the full four quarters, racking up an 87-54 win. Rancho Christian has made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 15 matches by 22 points or more this season.
Heritage better keep an eye on Julia Wilson. She was instrumental in Rancho Christian's win, going 10 for 14 on her way to 22 points in addition to seven assists and five rebounds. Another player making a difference was Bella Cosme, who went 6 of 10 en route to 16 points along with six assists and three steals.
Rancho Christian has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which somehow still isn't as good as their 19-6 record this season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 42.7 points. As for Heritage, their loss ended a ten-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 16-8.
Heritage took a serious blow against Rancho Christian when the teams last played two weeks ago, falling 87-40. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Heritage was down 55-28.
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