The Foothill Falcons and the Basic Wolves, after both having extra time off, will shake off the cobwebs and hit the court at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Foothill is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last three games.
Foothill is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nevada's top teams: Arbor View, who was ranked third at the time (Foothill was ranked sixth). The Falcons came out on top in a nail-biter against the Aggies on Wednesday, sneaking past 3-2.
Foothill was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (112-108), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 17-25, 29-27, 25-19, 19-25, 18-16.
Arbor View typically has all the answers at home, but on Tuesday Basic proved too difficult a challenge. They came out on top against the Aggies by a score of 3-1.
The victory didn't come easy: Arbor View scored at least 23 points in every set. The final score came out to 25-23, 22-25, 26-24, 25-23.
Foothill better keep an eye on Blake Bevell. He was instrumental in Basic's win, getting nine digs and one assist. Elias Ramos also deserves some recognition as he had his first block of the season.
Basic's win bumped their record up to 17-7. As for Foothill, their victory bumped their record up to 14-8.
Foothill couldn't quite get it done against Basic in their previous meeting two weeks ago as they fell 2-0. Will the Falcons have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
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