Downey and Gregori are an even 5-5 against one another since December of 2021, but not for long. The Downey Knights will square off against the Gregori Jaguars at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Downey is coming into the contest on a three-game losing streak.
Last Friday, Downey lost to Pitman at home by a 58-41 margin. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 944th, while the Pride are ranked 130th).
Meanwhile, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Gregori beat Turlock 60-55 on Friday.
Gregori has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 15 of their last 17 games, which provided a nice bump to their 19-5 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 69.1 points per game. As for Downey, their loss dropped their record down to 3-19.
Downey was taken down by Gregori 75-41 in their previous meeting back in January. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Gregori's Jayson Powers, who dropped a double-double on 29 points and 12 rebounds. Now that Downey 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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