Monument Valley is on a six-game streak of home losses, Pinnacle a three-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck will change on Friday. A feisty cat fight is on tap when the Monument Valley Cougars duke it out with the Pinnacle Panthers at 7:00 p.m.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 93-36, which was the final score in Monument Valley's tilt against Whitehorse on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Pinnacle). They simply couldn't be stopped on Saturday as they easily beat Telos 99-56. With that victory, the Panthers brought their scoring average up to 50.4 points per game.
Pinnacle's win came from a few key players Monument Valley will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Brody Howell, who went 12 for 26 en route to 32 points along with seven rebounds and seven steals. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Joey Howell, who almost dropped a double-double on 25 points and nine assists.
Pinnacle smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 20 offensive rebounds. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 6.8 offensive boards per game earlier this season, but in their last 15 matchups they've averaged 9.6.
Monument Valley's defeat dropped their record down to 2-16. As for Pinnacle, their win bumped their record up to 7-14.
Monument Valley was dealt a bruising 73-37 loss at the hands of Pinnacle in their previous matchup two weeks ago. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Monument Valley was down 44-16.
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