Having just played yesterday, the Pinon Eagles will get right back to it and host the Music Mountain Warriors at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Pinon is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Tuba City just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Friday. They were outmatched by the Warriors and fell 74-45. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest loss the Eagles have suffered since February 2nd.
Meanwhile, Music Mountain unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Tuesday. They took a 72-68 hit to the loss column at the hands of Williams. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Saturday (63), the Warriors still had to take the loss.
Pinon will need focus on slowing down Micah Quasula, one of several Music Mountain players who made an impact when they last played. He went 9 for 21 on his way to 24 points and five steals. Quasula has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last four times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Lonewolf Havatone, who went 10 of 17 on his way to 23 points.
Pinon's defeat dropped their record down to 5-4. As for Music Mountain, their loss dropped their record down to 3-3.
Pinon was able to grind out a solid victory over Music Mountain in their previous meeting back in January, winning 66-56. Will Pinon repeat their success, or does Music Mountain have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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