Vista del Lago is on a four-game streak of home losses, Ponderosa a six-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck will change on Wednesday. The Vista del Lago Eagles will host the Ponderosa Bruins at 7:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Wednesday, Vista del Lago came up short against Woodcreek and fell 57-45. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 399th, while the Timberwolves are ranked 56th).
Meanwhile, Ponderosa lost to Rio Americano on the road by a 86-69 margin on Friday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Wednesday (60), the Bruins still had to take the loss.
Vista del Lago's loss dropped their record down to 13-13. As for Ponderosa, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-21.
Vista del Lago came up short against Ponderosa in their previous meeting back in January, falling 59-54. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Ponderosa's Nathan Whelan, who went 5 of 8 en route to 15 points along with six boards and four steals. Now that Vista del Lago knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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