The Mercy Bears and the Balboa Buccaneers will face off at 5:30 p.m. on Friday without much rest having both just played. Mercy has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with three straight defeats, while Balboa will come in with four straight wins.
On Thursday, Mercy ended up a good deal behind Castilleja and lost 39-22. While losing is never fun, the Bears can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 587th, while the Gators are ranked 107th).
Meanwhile, Balboa strolled past Burton with points to spare on Thursday, taking the game 38-24.
Balboa's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 5-7. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 15.3 points per game. As for Mercy, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-4.
Mercy suffered a grim 45-24 defeat to Balboa in their previous meeting back in December of 2017. Can Mercy avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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