The Sun Valley Spartans's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Mallard Creek Mavericks at 7:00 p.m. on February 27th. Hopefully Sun Valley focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 11 on Wednesday.
Last Wednesday, Sun Valley came up short against Marvin Ridge and fell 49-39. While losing is never fun, Sun Valley can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 167th, while Marvin Ridge is ranked 22nd).
Sun Valley's loss came about despite a quality game from Tyra Robinson, who scored 24 points along with four steals. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Robinson has scored all season. Aree Meaders was another key contributor, scoring 11 points.
Meanwhile, Mallard Creek entered their tilt with North Mecklenburg with 15 consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with 16. Mallard Creek escaped with a win on Friday against North Mecklenburg by the margin of a single free throw, 61-60. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Sun Valley has not been sharp recently as the team has lost three of their last four matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 13-13 record this season. As for Mallard Creek, their victory bumped their record up to 24-3.
Sun Valley was dealt a bruising 83-21 loss at the hands of Mallard Creek in their previous matchup back in December of 2023. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Sun Valley was down 44-16.
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