The Granite Bay Grizzlies will venture away from home to challenge the St. Francis Troubadours at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with three consecutive losses for Granite Bay and four for St. Francis.
On Monday, Granite Bay lost to Oak Ridge at home by a 50-35 margin. While losing is never fun, the Grizzlies can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 449th, while the Trojans are ranked 89th).
Meanwhile, St. Francis suffered their biggest defeat since December 15, 2023 on Monday. They took a blow against Del Oro, falling 60-31. The matchup was a 23-23 toss-up at halftime, but the Troubadours couldn't quite close it out.
Granite Bay will have to keep a close watch on Tayli Paeu-Lindgren and Sydney Teoh, a pair of players who had a big impact on St. Francis' prior game. Paeu-Lindgren posted seven points and nine rebounds, while Teoh went 6 of 13 on her way to 13 points.
Granite Bay now has a losing record at 6-7. As for St. Francis, their loss dropped their record down to 6-8.
Granite Bay took their win against St. Francis in their previous matchup back in November of 2021 by a conclusive 57-32. The rematch might be a little tougher for Granite Bay since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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