The South Mountain Jaguars are taking a road trip to face off against the Cesar Chavez Champions at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
It was a proper cat-fight when South Mountain faced off against Maryvale on Tuesday. South Mountain blew past Maryvale 67-6. Given the Jaguars' advantage in MaxPreps' Arizona basketball rankings (they are ranked 135th, while the Panthers are ranked 275th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Cesar Chavez waltzed into their matchup on Tuesday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They took their game with ease, bagging a 100-24 win over the Spartans.
Cesar Chavez has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-6 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 29.6 points per game. As for South Mountain, the victory was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 11-9.
South Mountain was dealt a bruising 73-23 defeat at the hands of Cesar Chavez in their previous meeting back in December of 2023. Can South Mountain avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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