The Palo Verde Titans will face off against the Andrada Polytechnic Mavericks at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Palo Verde has five straight victories, Andrada Polytechnic has 13 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Last Tuesday, Palo Verde was able to grind out a solid win over Tanque Verde, taking the game 67-57.
The match pitted two dominant guards against one another in Daniel Ortiz and Rich Knott. Ortiz had a solid game and posted 15 points and seven boards. Meanwhile, Knott did his best for the losing side, going 8 of 17 on his way to 18 points and seven rebounds.
Meanwhile, Andrada Polytechnic was beaten by Sabino 91-15 on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, the Mavericks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arizona basketball rankings (they are ranked 351st, while the Sabercats are ranked 69th).
Andrada Polytechnic's loss dropped their record down to 1-19. As for Palo Verde, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 19-4 record this season.
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