The Valley Vikings will challenge the Sunrise Mountain Miners at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
On Friday, Valley was just a bucket shy of victory and fell 73-72 to Las Vegas. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Wednesday (70), the Vikings still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, Sunrise Mountain was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their ninth straight loss. They lost 59-39 to Green Valley. While losing is never fun, the Miners can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nevada basketball rankings (they are ranked 87th, while the Gators are ranked 31st).
Valley has traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 9-13 record this season. Those losses can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 65.3 points per game. As for Sunrise Mountain, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-17.
Valley was able to grind out a solid victory over Sunrise Mountain in their previous matchup on January 6th, winning 73-61. Does Valley have another victory up their sleeve, or will Sunrise Mountain turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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