After losing to the East Valley Falcons the last time they met, the Valley Academy of Arts & Sciences Vipers decided to demonstrate that turnabout is fair play. Valley Academy of Arts & Sciences escaped with a win on Wednesday against East Valley by the margin of a single free throw, 44-43. That's two games straight that Valley Academy of Arts & Sciences has won by exactly a single point.
East Valley lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Lukas Carone, who dropped a double-double on 16 points and 12 rebounds. That was a full 37.2% of East Valley's points, marking the third time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Itzak Salazar, who scored nine points along with nine rebounds and five assists.
Valley Academy of Arts & Sciences is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 16-8 record this season. As for East Valley, their defeat dropped their record down to 12-5.
Valley Academy of Arts & Sciences will look to defend their home court on Friday against Northridge Academy at 4:00 p.m. As for East Valley, they will head out on the road to challenge Sherman Oaks CES at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Sherman Oaks CES's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last seven contests.
