Novato hasn't had much luck against San Marin recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Novato Hornets will challenge the San Marin Mustangs at 7:30 p.m. Given that both suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Novato is headed into Thursday's matchup looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their sixth straight game on Tuesday. They came up short against Marin Catholic, falling 59-33. While losing is never fun, the Hornets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 804th, while the Wildcats are ranked 279th).
Meanwhile, San Marin suffered their closest loss since December 30, 2023 on Tuesday. They fell just short of San Rafael by a score of 65-63. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Saturday (59), the Mustangs still had to take the loss.
Novato's defeat dropped their record down to 6-17. As for San Marin, they have been struggling recently as they've lost five of their last six games, which put a noticeable dent in their 12-12 record this season.
Novato was taken down by San Marin 81-53 in their previous meeting back in January. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Novato was down 46-19.
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