Having just played yesterday, the Maryvale Prep Matador will head out on the road to face off against the Arete Prep CHARGERS at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Maryvale Prep will be strutting in after a victory while Arete Prep will be coming in after a loss.
Maryvale Prep is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Desert Heights Prep, posting a 65-31 win. The Matador have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 11 matches by 20 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 61-34, which was the final score in Arete Prep's tilt against Leading Edge Academy - GEC on Monday. While losing is never fun, the CHARGERS can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arizona basketball rankings (they are ranked 234th, while the Spartans are ranked 115th).
Livia Emery was Arete Prep's leading scorer, having posted 18 points. Leilani Aragon held things down on the boards with ten rebounds. She took the lead distributing the ball, coming up with four assists.
Maryvale Prep's victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 15-2. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 19.6 points. As for Arete Prep, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 10-13.
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