The Sonora Wildcats will square off against the Hilmar Yellowjackets at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Sonora has three straight victories, Hilmar has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Sonora is headed into the game after thoroughly thrashing Orestimba: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Sonora blew Orestimba out of the water with a 67-35 final score. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 374th, while the Warriors are ranked 915th), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Sonora's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Enrico Andreatta, who went 5 for 6 on his way to 13 points. Jonathan Curran was another key player, putting up 11 points and seven boards.
Sonora smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 11 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive boards in three consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Hilmar ended up a good deal behind Escalon on Friday and lost 59-41. The Yellowjackets were down 49-25 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Sonora will have to contain Xavier Silveira as he made an impact in Hilmar's last game. He posted 16 points and five steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Cohen Felber, who had seven points.
Sonora's win bumped their record up to 11-6. As for Hilmar, their loss dropped their record down to 4-12.
Rebounding is likely to be a big factor in this contest: Sonora has crashing the boards this season, having averaged 28.2 rebounds per game. However, it's not like Hilmar struggles in that department as they've been averaging 24.4 boards. With both teams battling to corral missed shots, we'll see if one team can grab an edge Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other basketball content.
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