The Freedom Falcons and the Dublin Gaels will face off at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Having struggled with four losses in a row, Freedom turned things around against Pittsburg on Friday. In a tight match that could have gone either way, they made off with a 64-63 win over the Pirates. The victory was all the more spectacular given the Falcons' disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 675th, while the Pirates are ranked 260th).
Meanwhile, Dublin waltzed into their game on Friday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They came out on top against the Cowboys by a score of 69-57. That's two games straight that the Gaels have won by exactly 12 points.
Dublin pushed their record up to 15-1 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 73.7 points per game. As for Freedom, their victory was their first in the league, bumping their league record up to 1-3 and their overall record up to 4-12.
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