The Shawnee Mission West Vikings will take on the Mill Valley Jaguars at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The timing isn't great for Shawnee Mission West: they have been struggling with six straight losses at home, while Mill Valley has snatched up four consecutive wins on the road.
Last Friday, Shawnee Mission West had to suffer through an 81-49 loss at the hands of Shawnee Mission Northwest. While losing is never fun, the Vikings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 134th, while the Cougars are ranked first).
Meanwhile, Mill Valley didn't have too much trouble with Shawnee Mission East on Friday as they won 83-66. The Jaguars haven't had any issues with the Lancers recently, as the game was their third consecutive win against them.
Shawnee Mission West's loss dropped their record down to 4-12. As for Mill Valley, their victory bumped their record up to 12-3.
Shawnee Mission West might still be hurting after the 58-32 defeat they got from Mill Valley when the teams last played back in February of 2024. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Mill Valley's Reece Riedel, who went 6-for-8 en route to 18 points and seven assists. Now that Shawnee Mission West knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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