The Duarte Falcons will square off against the Mountain View Vikings 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'.
Duarte is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Pioneer on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Duarte lost 69-43 to Pioneer. While losing is never fun, the Falcons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 428th, while the Titans are ranked 87th).
Meanwhile, Mountain View was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They took a 67-50 bruising from Baldwin Park.
Duarte's loss dropped their record down to 3-5. As for Mountain View, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-10.
Duarte won a match that couldn't have been any closer in their previous matchup two weeks ago, slipping by Mountain View 56-55. Will Duarte repeat their success, or does Mountain View have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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