The San Tan Foothills Sabercats will head out on the road to face off against the Northwest Christian Crusaders at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday.
San Tan Foothills is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 59 points on Saturday, they were much more limited against Payson on Tuesday. They had to suffer through a 56-16 loss at the hands of the Longhorns. While losing is never fun, the Sabercats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arizona basketball rankings (they are ranked 207th, while the Longhorns are ranked 54th).
Meanwhile, Northwest Christian beat Benjamin Franklin 46-33 on Monday.
The win got Northwest Christian back to even at 8-8. As for San Tan Foothills, they have been struggling recently as they've lost six of their last eight matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 7-9 record this season.
San Tan Foothills took a serious blow against Northwest Christian in their previous meeting back in December of 2017, falling 43-8. Can San Tan Foothills avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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