Edison lost against Hoover back in December of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Wednesday. The Edison Tigers were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 71-70 to the Hoover Patriots. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 965th, while the Patriots are ranked 312th).
Hoover was led to victory by Pamir Olivier and Cesar Juarez. Olivier posted 25 points, while Juarez scored 23 points. The dominant performance gave Juarez a new career-high in points. Another player making a difference was Keon Hill, who put up seven points.
Edison has been struggling recently as they've lost ten of their last 11 matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-15 record this season. As for Hoover, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 10-6.
A feisty cat fight is on tap when the Edison Tigers duke it out with the Sunnyside Wildcats at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. As for Hoover, they will welcome Sanger at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Hoover has insisted on making their lastthree contests complete nail-biters, turning in a record of 2-1 during that stretch of close contests.
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