The Granite Bay Grizzlies will square off against the St. Francis Troubadours at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Both have had a bumpy ride up to this point with three consecutive losses for Granite Bay and five for St. Francis.
On Monday, Granite Bay took a blow against Oak Ridge, falling 56-27. While losing is never fun, the Grizzlies can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 473rd, while the Trojans are ranked 75th).
Meanwhile, St. Francis played a tough game on Monday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They lost 54-29 to Del Oro. The Troubadours were down 45-21 at the end of the third quarter, and things only got worse from there.
Despite the loss, St. Francis saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Audrey Bashore posted five points.
St. Francis' defeat dropped their record down to 9-13. As for Granite Bay, their loss dropped their record down to 7-14.
Granite Bay came up short against St. Francis in their previous meeting on January 8th, falling 50-45. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of St. Francis' Tayli Paeu-Lindgren, who dropped a double-double on 22 points and 13 rebounds. Now that Granite Bay knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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