The Manteca Buffaloes will venture away from home to square off against the Patterson Tigers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Manteca has three straight wins, Patterson has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
If Manteca beats Patterson with 58 points on Friday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Manteca strolled past East Union with points to spare on Wednesday, taking the game 58-42. The Buffaloes pushed the score to 48-27 by the end of the third, a deficit the Lancers cut but never quite recovered from.
Meanwhile, Patterson played a tough match on Saturday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They were dealt a 69-34 loss at the hands of Turlock.
Manteca has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-10 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 55.0 points per game. As for Patterson, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-12.
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