The Mountain View Mountain Lions will head out on the road to face off against the Mica Mountain Thunderbolts at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Mountain View is coming into the game on a four-game losing streak.
On Tuesday, Mountain View ended up a good deal behind Rincon/University and lost 50-36. While losing is never fun, the Mountain Lions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arizona basketball rankings (they are ranked 213th, while the Rangers are ranked 86th).
Meanwhile, Mica Mountain unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Friday. They fell 58-47 to Sunrise Mountain.
Mountain View will need focus on slowing down Amaris Biancuzzo, one of several Mica Mountain players who made an impact when they last played. She almost dropped a double-double on nine points and 15 boards. The dominant performance gave Biancuzzo a new career-high in rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Isabel Berg, who posted six points and four steals.
Even though they lost, Mica Mountain smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 18 offensive rebounds. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Sunrise Mountain only pulled down 12 offensive boards.
Mica Mountain's loss dropped their record down to 12-4. As for Mountain View, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-11.
Mountain View couldn't quite finish off Mica Mountain when the teams last played back in February of 2022 and fell 55-53. Can Mountain View avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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