Having just played yesterday, the Bagdad Sultans will head out on the road to face off against the San Pasqual Valley Warriors at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Bagdad will be strutting in after a victory while San Pasqual Valley will be coming in after a defeat.
Bagdad will bounce into Friday's contest after beating Antelope, who they had gone 0-5 against in their five prior meetings. Bagdad narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Antelope 43-41. 43 seems to be a good number for the Sultans as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of points in their previous game.
Meanwhile, San Pasqual Valley was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They fell just short of Mountainside by a score of 40-38.
Bagdad is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season. As for San Pasqual Valley, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-4.
Bagdad didn't have too much breathing room in their game against San Pasqual Valley when the teams last played back in January, but they still walked away with a 42-36 win. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was San Pasqual Valley's Isaiah Martinez, who dropped a double-double on 17 points and 16 rebounds. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Bagdad still be able to contain Martinez? There's only one way to find out.
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