The Tonopah Valley Phoenix will look to take advantage of their home-court for the first time this season as they take on the Benjamin Franklin Chargers at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Tonopah Valley is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against ALA - West Foothills on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Tonopah Valley had to suffer through a 104-44 loss at the hands of ALA - West Foothills. The Phoenix haven't had much luck with the Guardians recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Meanwhile, Benjamin Franklin had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 10 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Saturday. They blew past the Falcons 54-32. That 22 point margin sets a new team best for the Chargers this season.
Benjamin Franklin can attribute much of their success to Gabe Ray, who had five points plus eight rebounds and four steals, and Nolan Lot, who posted 11 points along with two steals. The dominant performance also gave Ray a new career-high in offensive rebounds (five). Another player making a difference was Drew Taylor, who scored eight points.
Benjamin Franklin smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 13 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least ten offensive rebounds in four consecutive matches.
Tonopah Valley's loss dropped their record down to 1-1. As for Benjamin Franklin, their victory bumped their record up to 3-1.
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