Page and Chinle are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2022, but not for long. The Page Sand Devils will challenge the Chinle Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Friday, Page earned a 46-38 win over Window Rock. Given the Sand Devils' advantage in MaxPreps' Arizona basketball rankings (they are ranked 23rd, while the Fighting Scouts are ranked 103rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Chinle had already won 12 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 15 points) and they went ahead and made it 13 on Friday. They managed a 61-56 victory over the Mustangs. That's two games straight that the Wildcats have won by exactly five points.
Page has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-6 record this season. As for Chinle, their win was their seventh straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 22-1.
Page couldn't quite finish off Chinle when the teams last played on January 7th and fell 42-39. Can Page avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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