The Sacramento Dragons will take on the Marysville Indians at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Sacramento is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They blew past Calaveras 50-26. The Dragons have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 12 matches by 24 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, Marysville had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 36 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. They came out on top against the Diamondbacks by a score of 42-35. Given the Indians' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 255th, while the Diamondbacks are ranked 585th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Marysville's win came from a few key players Sacramento will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Abigail Pietz, who dropped a double-double with 13 points and 11 boards. Demi Boykin was another key player, putting up 11 points and six steals.
Sacramento is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 20-9 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 54.9 points over those games. As for Marysville, their victory bumped their record up to 22-7.
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