Fulton is 1-9 against Valley Academy of Arts & Sciences since January of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Fulton Jaguars will welcome the Valley Academy of Arts & Sciences Vipers at 4:00 p.m. Neither Fulton nor Valley Academy of Arts & Sciences posted many points in their last games, so it might be the defenses that decide this one.
Fulton is headed into Thursday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Monday. They took a hard 38-22 fall against Vaughn. The Jaguars were down 36-15 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 80-11, which was the final score in Valley Academy of Arts & Sciences' tilt against Northridge Academy on Monday. While losing is never fun, the Vipers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 1192nd, while the Pumas are ranked 520th).
Fulton will have to contain Lara Ledesma as she made an impact in Valley Academy of Arts & Sciences' last game. She posted nine points. That was a full 81.8% of Valley Academy of Arts & Sciences' points, marking the tenth time in a row she's scored more than a third of the team's points.
Valley Academy of Arts & Sciences' loss dropped their record down to 3-9. As for Fulton, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-7.
Fulton lost to Valley Academy of Arts & Sciences at home by a decisive 46-28 margin when the teams last played on Saturday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Ledesma, who put up 29 points. Now that Fulton knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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