Hoopa Valley is 2-8 against South Fork since February of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Hoopa Valley Warriors will head out on the road to take on the South Fork Cubs at 7:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Hoopa Valley is headed into Thursday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Friday. They took a 54-47 hit to the loss column at the hands of St. Bernard's.
| 01/24/25 vs St. Bernard's | 24 |
| 12/19/24 vs West Campus | 21 |
| 12/07/24 vs Paradise | 20 |
| 12/02/24 vs Trinity | 19 |
| 12/21/24 vs Amador | 17 |
Despite the defeat, Hoopa Valley had strong showings from Malakai McCoy, who went 8 of 14 en route to 24 points, and Brandon Romero, who posted 16 points along with eight assists and six rebounds. The dominant performance gave McCoy a new career-high in points.
Meanwhile, South Fork took a blow against Eureka on Monday, falling 75-46. While losing is never fun, the Cubs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 756th, while the Loggers are ranked 352nd).
Hoopa Valley's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 12-7. As for South Fork, they dropped their record down to 10-9 with the defeat, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Hoopa Valley didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against South Fork in their previous meeting on January 10th, but they still walked away with a 63-59 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Hoopa Valley since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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