The Temple City Rams and the Mountain View Vikings will face off at 3:30 p.m. on Friday without much rest having both just played. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Temple City's tournament run continued when they took on California on Thursday. Temple City fell to California 62-56. While the Rams didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Condors 16-10 in the first quarter.
| 12/26/24 vs California | 4 |
| 11/20/24 vs Workman | 3 |
| 12/12/24 vs Patriot | 2 |
| 01/10/24 vs South Pasadena | 2 |
| 12/14/24 @ Alta Loma | 2 |
Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the best came from Mason Collins, who went 7 for 9 on his way to 14 points and four blocks. That's the most blocks he has posted since back in November of 2023. The team also got some help courtesy of Dylan Lam, who went 5 of 9 on his way to 15 points and five rebounds.
Even though they lost, Temple City was working as a unit and finished the game with ten assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Mountain View took a blow against Alhambra on Thursday, falling 82-41. While losing is never fun, the Vikings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 1337th, while the Moors are ranked 646th).
This is the second loss in a row for Mountain View and nudges their season record down to 2-13. As for Temple City, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-8.
Everything went Temple City's way against Mountain View when the teams last played back in December of 2016, as Temple City made off with an 87-64 win. Will Temple City repeat their success, or does Mountain View have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
