Spruce Mountain and Mountain Valley are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2018, but not for long. The Spruce Mountain Phoenix will look to defend their home court on Thursday against the Mountain Valley Falcons at 6:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Spruce Mountain has five straight wins, Mountain Valley has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Last Friday, Spruce Mountain earned a 54-42 victory over Madison. Given the Phoenix's advantage in MaxPreps' Maine basketball rankings (they are ranked 12th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 71st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Mountain Valley ended up a good deal behind Poland on Tuesday and lost 55-41.
Spruce Mountain's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 14-2. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 76.0 points per game. As for Mountain Valley, their loss dropped their record down to 3-15.
Spruce Mountain was able to grind out a solid victory over Mountain Valley in their previous meeting back in January of 2024, winning 51-39. Does Spruce Mountain have another victory up their sleeve, or will Mountain Valley turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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