The Valley Vista Monsoon will head out to face off against the Mesa Jackrabbits at 7:00 p.m. on Monday.
Valley Vista is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 66 points on Thursday, they were much more limited against Apollo on Friday. They were beaten by the Hawks 57-25. While losing is never fun, the Monsoon can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arizona basketball rankings (they are ranked 180th, while the Hawks are ranked 38th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Mesa). They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat McClintock 81-52. The Jackrabbits pushed the score to 71-39 by the end of the third, a deficit the Chargers cut but never quite recovered from.
Mesa moved to 5-3 with that victory, which also ended their three-game losing streak. As for Valley Vista, their loss dropped their record down to 2-9.
Things could have been worse for Valley Vista, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 59-43 loss to Mesa in their previous matchup back in February of 2023. Thankfully for Valley Vista, Kota Benson (who shot 6-for-8 from long range and dropped a double-double on 28 points and 11 boards) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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