The Mission Bears and the Gateway Gators will face off at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday without much rest, having both just played. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 72-33, which was the final score in Mission's tilt against University on Friday. The Bears haven't had much luck with the Red Devils recently, as the team has come up short the last eight times they've met.
Meanwhile, Gateway had to suffer through an 85-50 loss at the hands of Lincoln.
Mission will have to keep a close watch on Wyatt Grundland-Lanuza and Armando Sarte Jr, a pair of players who had a big impact on Gateway's prior game. Grundland-Lanuza went 5-for-9 on his way to 16 points, while Sarte Jr posted 14 points. Grundland-Lanuza's big performance that evening made it four games in a row in which he has scored at least 15 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Zacharia Papadopulos, who scored six points and ten boards.
Gateway's loss dropped their record down to 3-6. As for Mission, they now have a losing record of 2-3.
Mission was taken down by Gateway 63-31 in their previous meeting back in December of 2024. Can the Bears avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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