Antioch and Deer Valley are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2020, but not for long. The Antioch Panthers will welcome the Deer Valley Wolverines at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Antioch is coming into the match on a four-game losing streak.
It was a proper cat-fight when Antioch took on Liberty on Tuesday. Antioch received a blow as they fell 61-44 to Liberty. 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 618th, while the Lions are ranked 34th).
Meanwhile, Deer Valley played a tough game last Tuesday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They were dealt a 98-48 loss at the hands of Freedom. The Wolverines were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 49-15.
Antioch will have to contain Josh Bickham as he made an impact in Deer Valley's last game. He posted 15 points and eight rebounds. The dominant performance gave Bickham a new career-high in points. Another player making a difference was Dominic Dolojan, who earned ten points and seven boards.
Antioch's defeat dropped their record down to 6-15. As for Deer Valley, their loss dropped their record down to 4-16.
Antioch strolled past Deer Valley when the teams last played on January 7th by a score of 65-47. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Deer Valley's Carter Williams, who almost dropped a double-double on 27 points and nine rebounds. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Antioch still be able to contain Williams? There's only one way to find out.
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