Two dominant forwards in Ava Barrera and Alyse Lomeli are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The East Union Lancers will look to defend their home court on Thursday against the Patterson Tigers at 7:30 p.m. East Union will be strutting in after a win while Patterson will be coming in after a loss.
East Union is headed into the game after thoroughly thrashing Central Catholic: they outscored them in every quarter. East Union strolled past Central Catholic with points to spare on Tuesday, taking the game 46-28. Given the Lancers' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 194th, while the Raiders are ranked 637th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Patterson entered their match against Mountain House on Tuesday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Patterson fell 46-39 to Mountain House.
Patterson's defeat ended an eight-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 16-3. As for East Union, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-6 record this season.
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