Moorpark and Simi Valley are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2021, but not for long. The Moorpark Musketeers will head out on the road to square off against the Simi Valley Pioneers at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Moorpark is headed into Tuesday's match hungry for a win as their strong season has now been derailed by two straight losses. They took a blow against Camarillo on Friday, falling 81-50. While losing is never fun, the Musketeers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 312th, while the Scorpions are ranked 91st).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Simi Valley). They claimed a resounding 63-32 win over The Palmdale Aerospace Academy. The Pioneers pushed the score to 47-26 by the end of the third, a deficit the Griffins had little chance of recovering from.
Simi Valley's victory bumped their record up to 9-11. As for Moorpark, their defeat dropped their record down to 12-7.
Everything came up roses for Moorpark against Simi Valley in their previous meeting on January 10th, as the team secured a 72-41 win. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Simi Valley's Frances Ellis, who went 10 of 20 en route to 25 points. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Moorpark still be able to contain Ellis? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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