Mission Hills is on a five-game streak of home wins, while San Marcos is on a seven-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Mission Hills Grizzlies will take on the San Marcos Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Mission Hills knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with flashy point totals in its past 14 games -- so hopefully San Marcos likes a good challenge.
You can't lose the matchup if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Mission Hills' strategy against Del Norte on Wednesday. Mission Hills walked away with a 63-51 win over Del Norte. Given Mission Hills' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 79th, while Del Norte is ranked 253rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, San Marcos stacked a 14th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Wednesday. They blew past Poway 65-41.
San Marcos' victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Richie Ramirez, who scored 15 points along with two steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Jalen Williams, who scored 11 points.
Mission Hills' win bumped their record up to 21-6. As for San Marcos, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 21-6 record this season.
Mission Hills took their win against San Marcos in their previous meeting back in January by a conclusive 65-44. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was San Marcos' Mazen El Bissat, who scored 13 points along with seven rebounds and three steals. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Mission Hills still be able to contain El Bissat? There's only one way to find out.
