The Sunnyside Wildcats will head out on the road to take on the Dinuba Emperors at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Sunnyside comes in on ten and Dinuba on 15.
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Sunnyside had no problem doing just that on Thursday. They walked away with a 63-56 victory over the Bears. Having run the score up that high, both teams probably have some extra defensive drills coming up.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Sunnyside to victory, but perhaps none more so than Malachi Barnes, who scored 21 points. Cj Jones was another key contributor, scoring 16 points.
Meanwhile, Dinuba didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Garces Memorial on Thursday, but they still walked away with a 53-47 win. Given Dinuba's advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 167th, while Garces Memorial is ranked 467th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Sunnyside has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 games, which provided a nice bump to their 24-5 record this season. As for Dinuba, they pushed their record up to 27-3 with that victory, which was their tenth straight at home.
Sunnyside came up short against Dinuba in their previous meeting back in December of 2023, falling 58-54. Can Sunnyside avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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