The Mountain View Thunder are taking a road trip to challenge the Kelso Hilanders at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Mountain View is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Heritage just ended the team's five-game winning streak on Friday. They fell just short of the Timberwolves by a score of 50-48. The contest marked the Thunder's lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Meanwhile, Kelso scored the most points they've had this season on Friday, but it wasn't enough. They fell 82-70 to Prairie. While losing is never fun, the Hilanders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Washington basketball rankings (they are ranked 224th, while the Falcons are ranked 111th).
Mountain View's loss was their first in the district, dropping their district record down to 4-1 and their overall record down to 12-5. As for Kelso, they dropped their record down to 6-13 with the defeat, which was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Mountain View came out on top in a nail-biter against Kelso when the teams last played on January 10th, sneaking past 62-59. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mountain View since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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