The Torrance Tartars will head out on the road to challenge the Palos Verdes Sea Kings at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Torrance will be strutting in after a win while Palos Verdes will be coming in after a defeat.
Torrance took a loss when they played away from home on Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They skirted past Wiseburn- Da Vinci 40-38. Given the Tartars' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 221st, while the Wolves are ranked 793rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 82-37, which was the final score in Palos Verdes' tilt against JSerra Catholic on Saturday.
Torrance is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 16-11 record this season. As for Palos Verdes, their loss dropped their record down to 16-9.
Torrance came up short against Palos Verdes in their previous meeting back in January, falling 47-35. Can Torrance avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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