Oak Hills is on a six-game streak of home wins, while Yucaipa is on a five-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Oak Hills Bulldogs will host the Yucaipa Thunderbirds at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Oak Hills knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past six games -- so hopefully Yucaipa likes a good challenge.
Oak Hills is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Apple Valley 109-54 on Thursday. The Bulldogs have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 11 matches by 23 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, Yucaipa beat Beaumont 56-47 on Thursday. Given the Thunderbirds' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 198th, while the Cougars are ranked 536th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Yucaipa's victory bumped their record up to 20-3. As for Oak Hills, their win bumped their record up to 19-4.
Oak Hills came out on top in a nail-biter against Yucaipa when the teams last played back in April of 2021, sneaking past 58-56. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Yucaipa's Jonathan Stradford, who dropped a double-double on 18 points and 14 rebounds. Now that he won't be playing on Saturday, will it be easier for Oak Hills to walk away with another win? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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