San Marcos is 1-9 against Mission Hills since January of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The San Marcos Knights will head out on the road to square off against the Mission Hills Grizzlies at 5:30 p.m. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: San Marcos has struggled recently with seven losses in a row, while Mission Hills will arrive with five straight wins.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 63-35, which was the final score in San Marcos' tilt against Poway on Wednesday. While losing is never fun, San Marcos can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 407th, while Poway is ranked 94th).
In what's become a running theme this season, Mission Hills gave their fans yet another huge victory on Wednesday. They were the clear victor by a 71-49 margin over Del Norte.
San Marcos dropped their record down to 11-16 with that defeat, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Mission Hills, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 19-8 record this season.
San Marcos took a serious blow against Mission Hills in their previous meeting back in January, falling 72-18. The matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point San Marcos was down 39-11.
