The Highland Prep Honey Badgers will venture away from home to take on the Chino Valley Cougars at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Chino Valley took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Highland Prep, who comes in off a win.
Highland Prep will head into Saturday's match on the come-up: they were handed a 34-point loss in their previous outing, but that didn't affect their clutch gene on Saturday. It was close, but they capped 2024 with a 62-60 win over Cactus. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Honey Badgers considering their 22-point performance the game before.
Meanwhile, Chino Valley was not able to break out of their rough patch back in December of 2024 as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat dating back to last season. They were dealt a 75-40 loss at the hands of Parker. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arizona basketball rankings (they are ranked 310th, while the Broncs are ranked 87th).
Highland Prep has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 62.7 points per game. As for Chino Valley, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-5.
Highland Prep beat Chino Valley 49-41 in their previous matchup back in December of 2024. The rematch might be a little tougher for Highland Prep since the squad 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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