The Vista Panthers will challenge the La Costa Canyon Mavericks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with eight consecutive losses for Vista and four for La Costa Canyon.
On Wednesday, Vista was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 64-58 to Torrey Pines. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 350th, while the Falcons are ranked 41st).
Meanwhile, La Costa Canyon ended up a good deal behind Carlsbad on Wednesday and lost 86-71. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (69), the Mavericks still had to take the loss.
Vista's loss dropped their record down to 10-14. As for La Costa Canyon, their defeat dropped their record down to 11-14.
Vista came up short against La Costa Canyon in their previous meeting two weeks ago, falling 72-62. Can Vista avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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