The Sunnyside Wildcats will venture away from home to take on the Hoover Patriots at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Sunnyside is headed into the matchup having just suffered their biggest defeat since November 23, 2024 on Wednesday. They lost 78-57 to San Joaquin Memorial. The Wildcats haven't had much luck with the Panthers recently, as the team's come up short the last seven times they've met.
Meanwhile, Hoover was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They had to suffer through a 79-45 loss at the hands of Bullard. While losing is never fun, the Patriots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 414th, while the Knights are ranked 144th).
Hoover now has a losing record at 10-11. As for Sunnyside, their defeat dropped their record down to 15-9.
Sunnyside came up short against Hoover in their previous meeting back in December of 2024, falling 61-48. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Hoover's Keon Hill, who posted 26 points. Now that Sunnyside knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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