The Las Plumas Thunderbirds and the University Prep Panthers will face off at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Las Plumas sitting on five straight wins and University Prep on three.
Las Plumas will head into Friday's game hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Thursday (they won by 32) and on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 55-53 victory over Durham. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Thunderbirds have posted since December 13, 2024.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when University Prep challenged Oroville on Friday. University Prep claimed a resounding 90-51 victory over Oroville. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 358th, while the Tigers are ranked 962nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Las Plumas is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-4 record this season. As for University Prep, their win bumped their record up to 10-6.
Las Plumas suffered a grim 75-52 defeat to University Prep when the teams last played back in December of 2023. Can Las Plumas avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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