The Santa Clara Bruins will venture away from home to square off against the Homestead Mustangs at 7:45 p.m. on Friday.
Santa Clara is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Saratoga on Wednesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Santa Clara came up short against Saratoga, falling 63-43. While losing is never fun, the Bruins can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 1206th, while the Falcons are ranked 339th).
Meanwhile, Homestead entered their tilt with Fremont on Wednesday with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. They came out on top against the Firebirds by a score of 42-32. The 42-point effort marked the Mustangs' lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Santa Clara's defeat was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 2-14. As for Homestead, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-3 record this season.
Santa Clara took a serious blow against Homestead in their previous matchup back in February of 2024, falling 62-34. Can Santa Clara avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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