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| 01/24/25 - Home | 51-41 W |
| 02/02/24 - Away | 44-15 W |
| 01/16/24 - Home | 49-20 W |
| 02/03/23 - Home | 31-19 W |
| 01/17/23 - Away | 57-31 W |
| + 5 more games |
Mendota has gone 9-1 against Firebaugh recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Mendota Aztecs will challenge the Firebaugh Eagles at 6:30 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Firebaugh will be up against a hot Mendota team: the squad just extended their winning streak to nine. Mendota simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Avenal 52-24. Given the Aztecs' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 340th, while the Buccaneers are ranked 1165th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Firebaugh had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 50 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They claimed a resounding 51-17 win over the Broncos. The Eagles pushed the score to 46-11 by the end of the third, a deficit the Broncos cut but never quite recovered from.
Mendota's victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 23-5. Those victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 23.0 points over those games. As for Firebaugh, their win bumped their record up to 18-7.
Mendota was able to grind out a solid victory over Firebaugh when the teams last played back in January, winning 51-41. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mendota since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
