Wilcox lost against Mountain View back in January, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Wilcox Chargers were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 43-42 to the Mountain View Spartans. While losing is never fun, the Chargers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 632nd, while the Spartans are ranked 299th).
Mountain View's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Fiona Lee, who posted 12 points in addition to eight rebounds and five steals. Lee has been hot recently, having posted three or more steals the last three times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Alana Hernandez, who scored 19 points and three steals.
This is the second loss in a row for Wilcox and nudges their season record down to 11-9. Even worse, they were so close so many times: the losses came by an average of only one points. As for Mountain View, the victory was the ninth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 16-3.
Wilcox has already played their next match, a 54-35 defeat against Gunn on the 7th. As for Mountain View, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 41-26 win against Cupertino on the 7th.
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