The Ocean View Seahawks will challenge the Katella Knights at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Ocean View will head into Saturday's game out to bounce back: they won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Saturday. They came up short against West, falling 74-54. While losing is never fun, the Seahawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 1030th, while the Warriors are ranked 366th).
Katella has been a dominant force so far, but they're in the middle of a mini-slump at the moment. They took a hard 59-41 fall against Godinez Fundamental on Friday.
Katella's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 12-7. As for Ocean View, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost eight of their last nine contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-19 record this season.
Ocean View suffered a grim 62-40 defeat to Katella in their previous meeting on January 3rd. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Ocean View was down 37-17.
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