Having just played yesterday, the Metea Valley Mustangs will head out on the road to face off against the Taft Eagles at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
On Friday, Metea Valley was able to grind out a solid win over Naperville North, taking the game 61-48. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Mustangs.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Taft). They took down Schaumburg Christian 85-69 on Friday. The Eagles pushed the score to 69-46 by the end of the third, a deficit the Conquerors cut but never quite recovered from.
The victory was their first on the road , bumping their record up to 10-18. As for Metea Valley, their win bumped their record up to 15-10.
Metea Valley came out on top in a nail-biter against Taft when the teams last played back in January of 2023, sneaking past 59-57. The rematch might be a little tougher for Metea Valley since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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