The North Saxons will challenge the Bellflower Buccaneers at 11:00 a.m. on Monday.
On Saturday, North ended up a good deal behind Rancho Verde and lost 63-47. While losing is never fun, the Saxons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 354th, while the Mustangs are ranked 75th).
Meanwhile, Bellflower came tearing into Saturday's match with eight straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 15.8 points) and they left with even more momentum. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Tigers 55-53. That's two games straight that the Buccaneers have won by exactly two points.
Bellflower is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 13 games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-7 record this season. As for North, their loss dropped their record down to 13-10.
North took their win against Bellflower in their previous meeting back in December of 2023 by a conclusive 66-45. Will North repeat their success, or does Bellflower have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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