The Porter Ridge Pirates will head out on the road to face off against the Sun Valley Spartans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with four consecutive losses for Porter Ridge and seven for Sun Valley.
Porter Ridge is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Weddington on Tuesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Porter Ridge was dealt an 87-38 loss at the hands of Weddington. While losing is never fun, the Pirates can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 406th, while the Warriors are ranked 44th).
Meanwhile, Sun Valley ended up a good deal behind Marvin Ridge on Friday and lost 73-55. While the Spartans didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Mavericks 13-8 in the first quarter.
Porter Ridge's defeat dropped their record down to 4-18. As for Sun Valley, their loss dropped their record down to 7-15.
Porter Ridge was able to grind out a solid win over Sun Valley in their previous meeting back in January, winning 57-44. The rematch might be a little tougher for Porter Ridge since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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