The Santa Rita Eagles will head out to take on the Morenci Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Monday.
Last Wednesday, Santa Rita was just a bucket shy of victory and fell 46-45 to Duncan.
Meanwhile, Morenci had already won eight in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 13.5 points) and they went ahead and made it nine on Thursday. Everything went their way against the Yellow Jackets as they made off with a 72-50 victory. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Arizona basketball rankings (they are ranked 95th, while the Yellow Jackets are ranked 304th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Morenci has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 21-3 record this season. As for Santa Rita, their loss was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 6-12.
Santa Rita took a serious blow against Morenci in their previous matchup back in December of 2024, falling 73-38. Can Santa Rita avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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