Bullard hasn't had much luck against Central recently, but that could start to change on Saturday. The Bullard Knights will venture away from home to square off against the Central Grizzlies at 6:30 p.m.
Bullard is headed into the game having just suffered their biggest loss since December 6, 2024 on Thursday. They had to suffer through a 59-30 loss at the hands of Clovis. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 152nd, while the Cougars are ranked ninth).
Meanwhile, Central entered their tilt with Whitney on Monday with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. In a tight matchup that could have gone either way, they made off with a 37-36 win over the Wildcats. The 37-point effort marked the Grizzlies' lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Central is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-2 record this season. As for Bullard, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 9-7.
Bullard came up short against Central in their previous meeting back in January of 2024, falling 40-34. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Central's Leilah Haynes, who went 9 for 15 on her way to 20 points and three steals. Now that Bullard knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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