After both having extra time off, the Overfelt Royals and the San Mateo Bearcats will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Overfelt is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Eastside College Prep two weeks ago (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Overfelt lost 33-8 to Eastside College Prep. While losing is never fun, the Royals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 1047th, while the Panthers are ranked 465th).
Meanwhile, San Mateo entered their tilt with Lowell last Saturday with five consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with six. They skirted past the Cardinals 41-38. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Bearcats have posted since January 12th.
San Mateo's victory bumped their record up to 7-3. As for Overfelt, their loss dropped their record down to 2-4.
Overfelt was taken down by San Mateo 55-26 when the teams last played back in January. Can Overfelt avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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