The Buhach Colony Thunder will head out to take on the Merced Bears at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. Buhach Colony is coming into the match on a three-game losing streak.
On Wednesday, Buhach Colony ended up a good deal behind El Capitan and lost 61-45. While losing is never fun, the Thunder can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 721st, while the Gauchos are ranked 287th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Merced). They breezed by Los Banos to the tune of 90-37 on Wednesday. The Bears pushed the score to 65-35 by the end of the third, a deficit the Tigers had little chance of recovering from.
Merced has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-9 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 62.7 points per game. As for Buhach Colony, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-14.
Buhach Colony lost to Merced on the road by a decisive 60-43 margin when the teams last played two weeks ago. Can Buhach Colony avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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