The Pacifica Mariners will venture away from home to take on the Troy Warriors at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, these teams will really light up the scoreboard.
As a matter of fact, Pacifica put up the most points they have all season on Saturday. They blew past Valor Academy 85-14. Given the Mariners' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 545th, while Valor Academy are ranked 1196th) , the win wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Troy had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They skirted past the Aztecs 75-73. That's two games straight that the Warriors have won by exactly two points.
Pacifica's victory bumped their record up to 14-10. As for Troy, they now have a winning record of 12-11.
Pacifica opened the new year with a less-than-successful 54-42 loss to Troy. Can the Mariners avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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