The Huntington Park Spartans will face off against the Banning Pilots at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Huntington Park will be strutting in after a win while Banning will be coming in after a defeat.
Huntington Park will bounce into Friday's game after beating South Gate, who they had gone 0-9 against in their nine prior meetings. Huntington Park snuck past South Gate with a 55-50 victory on Wednesday. While the Spartans didn't have the best season last year (they finished 12-17), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Meanwhile, Banning ended up a good deal behind Mary Star of the Sea on Friday and lost 52-35. While losing is never fun, the Pilots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 583rd, while the Stars are ranked 274th).
Banning's loss dropped their record down to 5-4. As for Huntington Park, their win was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-1.
Huntington Park skirted past Banning 54-51 in their previous meeting back in December of 2023. Does Huntington Park have another victory up their sleeve, or will Banning turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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