The Grossmont Foothillers are taking a road trip to take on the Monte Vista Monarchs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Grossmont is likely headed into the contest with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against St. Joseph Academy on Saturday. Grossmont opened the new year with a less-than-successful 56-44 defeat to St. Joseph Academy. The Foothillers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Monte Vista had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 14.8 points) and they went ahead and made it six on Tuesday. They took down the Chieftains 72-54.
Monte Vista is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 10-8 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 69.4 points per game. As for Grossmont, their loss dropped their record down to 3-14.
Grossmont might still be hurting after the 73-50 defeat they got from Monte Vista in their previous meeting last Monday. Can Grossmont avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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