Basketball Preview: Sunset Knights vs. Varela Vipers
The Sunset Knights are taking a road trip to challenge the Varela Vipers at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. Neither of these teams found much success offensively their last time out, scoring well below their season average.
Sunset is headed into Monday's matchup looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their sixth straight game dating back to last season on Wednesday. They came up short against St. Brendan, falling 39-19. The Knights were down 34-8 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Sunset's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Gleidy Flores, who scored 11 points plus three steals, and Gabriela Rojas, who scored three points.
Meanwhile, Varela entered their contest against TERRA Environmental on Wednesday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Varela took a 33-21 hit to the loss column at the hands of TERRA Environmental. The defeat continues a trend for the Vipers in their matchups with TERRA Environmental: they've now lost four in a row.
Sunset's loss dropped their record down to 0-2. As for Varela, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-2.
Sunset skirted past Varela 39-36 when the teams last played back in January. The rematch might be a little tougher for Sunset 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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