The Melba Mustangs will take on The Ambrose School Archers at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Melba waltzed into their matchup on Monday with two straight wins but they left with three. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Marsing and snuck past 71-68. Given Melba's advantage in MaxPreps' Idaho basketball rankings (they are ranked 30th, while Marsing is ranked 88th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
In what's become a running theme this season, The Ambrose School gave their fans yet another huge win on Monday. They really took it to Compass Charter for the full four quarters, racking up a 71-34 victory at home. The Ambrose School pushed the score to 55-34 by the end of the third, a deficit Compass Charter had little chance of recovering from.
Melba's win bumped their record up to 14-8. As for The Ambrose School, they have been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-5 record this season.
Melba and The Ambrose School were neck-and-neck in their previous matchup back in January, but Melba came up empty-handed after a 74-73 loss. Can Melba avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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