Cleveland is 2-8 against Volcano Vista since February of 2022 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Cleveland Storm will take on the Volcano Vista Hawks at 7:00 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Cleveland is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They really took it to Piedra Vista for the full four quarters, racking up a 90-54 win. Given the Storm's advantage in MaxPreps' New Mexico basketball rankings (they are ranked fifth, while the Panthers are ranked 77th), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Volcano Vista waltzed into their game on Friday with 13 straight wins... but they left with 14. Everything went their way against the Scorpions as they made off with a 71-46 victory. The Hawks have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 18 contests by 21 points or more this season.
Cleveland has been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 17-7 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 71.8 points over those games. As for Volcano Vista, their win was their 22nd straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 22-2.
Cleveland was taken down by Volcano Vista 87-45 in their previous meeting back in January. Can Cleveland avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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