Mabton is 1-9 against Columbia since December of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The Mabton Vikings just played yesterday, but they'll still head out to face the Columbia Coyotes at 7:00 p.m. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
On Friday, everything went Mabton's way against River View as Mabton made off with a 64-43 victory. Given the Vikings' advantage in MaxPreps' Washington basketball rankings (they are ranked 105th, while the Panthers are ranked 360th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Columbia came tearing into Friday's matchup with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 30 points) and they left with even more momentum. They blew past the Spartans, posting a 76-48 win. The Coyotes have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won ten contests by 23 points or more this season.
Columbia's victory was their seventh straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 16-1. As for Mabton, they have also been performing well recently as they've won eight of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season.
Mabton was dealt a bruising 81-45 loss at the hands of Columbia in their previous meeting two weeks ago. Can Mabton avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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