Massaponax is on a 18-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Mountain View is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Massaponax Panthers will take on the Mountain View Wildcats at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Massaponax has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 534 points over their last eight contests.
Winning is just a little bit easier when you work as a team to rack up seven more assists than your opponent, a fact Massaponax proved on Wednesday. They took down Riverbend 57-42. Given Massaponax's advantage in MaxPreps' Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 46th, while Riverbend is ranked 130th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Takiera Ramey was her usual excellent self, scoring 27 points along with seven rebounds and six assists. That makes it six consecutive games in which she has scored at least a third of Massaponax's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Kyra Price, who dropped a double-double on 12 points and 11 rebounds.
Meanwhile, Mountain View earned a 40-28 victory over Stafford on Wednesday.
Massaponax's win bumped their record up to 19-3. As for Mountain View, they now have a winning record of 11-10.
Everything came up roses for Massaponax against Mountain View in their previous meeting back in January as the squad secured a 61-15 victory. With Massaponax ahead 33-9 at the half, the matchup was all but over already.
