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| 01/23/17 - Away | 56-35 W |
| 12/15/16 - Home | 50-38 W |
| 01/16/15 - Neutral | 2-0 W |
| 12/03/14 - Home | 52-23 W |
Mar Vista is 4-0 against Rock Academy since December of 2014 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Mar Vista Mariners will host the Rock Academy Warriors at 6:30 p.m. Mar Vista knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past nine contests -- so hopefully Rock Academy likes a good challenge.
On Tuesday, Mar Vista was just a bucket shy of victory and fell 66-65 to Chula Vista. While the Mariners didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Spartans 13-5 in the first quarter.
Meanwhile, Rock Academy was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their tenth straight defeat dating back to last season. They were outmatched by Santa Fe Christian and fell 75-27. The game marked the Warriors' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Mar Vista will have to keep a close watch on James Whitley and Roland Balderramos, a pair of players who had a big impact on Rock Academy's prior game. Whitley posted 14 points and seven rebounds, while Balderramos put up eight points. That was a full 51.9% of Rock Academy's points, marking the sixth time in a row he's had more than a third of the team's points.
Mar Vista has been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-6 record this season. That patch can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.4 points per game. As for Rock Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 0-8.
Everything went Mar Vista's way against Rock Academy in their previous meeting back in January of 2017, as Mar Vista made off with a 56-35 victory. Will Mar Vista repeat their success, or does Rock Academy have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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