The Spring Valley Grizzlies will square off against the Faith Lutheran Crusaders at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Spring Valley is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nevada's top teams: Coronado, who was ranked 13th at the time (Spring Valley was ranked 24th). Spring Valley had just enough and edged Coronado out 47-45.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Faith Lutheran). They blew past Palo Verde 67-41 on Wednesday. With the Crusaders ahead 44-13 at the half, the matchup was all but over already.
The victory got Faith Lutheran back to even at 11-11. As for Spring Valley, their win bumped their record up to 12-8.
Spring Valley ended up a good deal behind Faith Lutheran when the teams last played back in February of 2024, losing 52-37. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Faith Lutheran's Kloe Abdalla, who went 6 for 8 en route to 15 points along with six rebounds and six steals. Now that Spring Valley knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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