The Music Mountain Warriors fell on hard times earlier this season, but after back-to-back victories it seems like their luck might finally be changing. They walked away with a 49-36 win over Maryvale Prep on Friday. This was payback for Music Mountain, who suffered a 46-19 defeat the last time these two teams met.
Music Mountain's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Aliyania Matuck led the charge by scoring 26 points. That makes it eight consecutive games in which Matuck has scored at least a third of Music Mountain's points. Another player making a difference was A'oda Chavez, who scored 14 points.
Music Mountain's win bumped their record up to 4-12. As for Maryvale Prep, their loss dropped their record down to 5-5.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Music Mountain will take on Mayer at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully Mayer focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 22 on Friday. As for Maryvale Prep, they will head out on the road to challenge Arizona School for the Deaf & Blind at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Arizona School for the Deaf & Blind comes in on a streak of failing to score more than 24 points in their last ten games, a trend the team is of course eager to reverse.
