The Metea Valley Mustangs will square off against the Stevenson Patriots at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Metea Valley is coming into the game on a three-game losing streak.
Last Wednesday, Metea Valley was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 58-54 to Oswego East. While losing is never fun, the Mustangs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 168th, while the Wolves are ranked 44th).
Meanwhile, everything went Stevenson's way against Zion-Benton on Wednesday as Stevenson made off with a 65-39 win.
Metea Valley's loss dropped their record down to 9-7. As for Stevenson, their victory bumped their record up to 10-7.
Metea Valley came up short against Stevenson in their previous matchup back in January of 2016, falling 61-53. Thankfully for Metea Valley, Ryuji Aoki (who went 7 of 11 en route to 23 points) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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