Del Norte is 1-9 against Mission Hills since May of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Del Norte Nighthawks are taking a road trip to challenge the Mission Hills Grizzlies at 5:30 p.m.
Del Norte is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Rancho Bernardo on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Del Norte was dealt a 60-25 loss at the hands of Rancho Bernardo. While losing is never fun, the Nighthawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 699th, while the Broncos are ranked 126th).
Meanwhile, Mission Hills had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 60.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They came within a single point of losing the streak, but they secured a 62-61 W against the Wolverines.
Mission Hills pushed their record up to 18-8 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 82.0 points over those games. As for Del Norte, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 7-19.
Del Norte was dealt a bruising 92-11 defeat at the hands of Mission Hills when the teams last played back in January. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Mission Hills' Bay Cordova, who went 10 of 15 to rack up 24 points in addition to eight boards and seven steals. Now that Del Norte knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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