The Scotts Valley Falcons will face off against the Leigh Longhorns at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Last Saturday, Scotts Valley came up short against Soledad and fell 61-53.
Meanwhile, Leigh opened the new year with a less-than-successful 58-51 defeat to Christopher. While losing is never fun, the Longhorns can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 206th, while the Cougars are ranked 54th).
This is the second loss in a row for Leigh and nudges their season record down to 5-3. As for Scotts Valley, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 5-7.
Scotts Valley came up short against Leigh in their previous meeting back in November of 2016, falling 60-49. Can Scotts Valley avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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