The Mountain View Spartans will venture away from home to face off against the Los Gatos Wildcats at 7:45 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
On Wednesday, Mountain View was just a bucket shy of victory and fell 64-63 to Wilcox. While the Spartans didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Chargers 20-12 in the first quarter.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Los Gatos). They took their contest on Friday with ease, bagging a 77-38 victory over Wilcox. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 105th, while the Chargers are ranked 419th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Los Gatos' win came from a few key players Mountain View will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Ethan Oppenheimer, who went 6 for 11 on his way to 12 points and eight boards. Another player making a difference was Anthony Martin, who went 5 of 8 en route to 10 points and five rebounds.
Los Gatos was working as a unit and finished the game with 18 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since the start of last season.
The win made it two in a row for Los Gatos and bumps their season record up to 11-3. As for Mountain View, they now have a losing record at 7-8.
Mountain View was able to grind out a solid victory over Los Gatos when the teams last played back in January of 2024, winning 55-48. Does Mountain View have another victory up their sleeve, or will Los Gatos turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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