The Ripon Christian Knights will head out on the road to face off against the Ripon Indians at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Ripon will be up against a hot Ripon Christian team: the squad just extended their winning streak to five. Ripon Christian was the clear victor by a 63-42 margin over Hughson on Friday. The Knights have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 13 games by 21 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, Ripon had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 19.7 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Warriors as they made off with a 62-42 victory. Given the Indians' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 458th, while the Warriors are ranked 1032nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Ripon has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 15-9 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 63.3 points per game. As for Ripon Christian, they pushed their record up to 18-5 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Ripon Christian came up short against Ripon in their previous matchup back in January, falling 60-48. Can Ripon Christian avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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