The Urban Blues and the Casa Grande Gauchos will face off at 8:00 p.m. on Friday without much rest having both just played. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Urban saw some tournament action on Thursday. They pulled ahead with a 55-54 photo finish over Washington. Given the Blues' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 84th, while the Eagles are ranked 344th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Casa Grande, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Saturday. They walked away with a 58-50 win over Del Campo on Thursday.
Casa Grande is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-5 record this season. As for Urban, their victory bumped their record up to 6-2.
Urban came up short against Casa Grande when the teams last played back in December of 2023, falling 53-48. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Casa Grande's Ryan Rice, who dropped a double-double on 21 points and 13 rebounds. Now that Urban knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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