The Vista Panthers will head out to square off against the Carlsbad Lancers at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Vista has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with nine straight losses, while Carlsbad will come in with four straight victories.
Last Friday, Vista came up short against La Costa Canyon and fell 77-68. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Wednesday (58), the Panthers still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, Carlsbad strolled past University City with points to spare on Tuesday, taking the game 83-68. Given the Lancers' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 23rd, while the Centurions are ranked 263rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Carlsbad pushed their record up to 21-5 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 86.7 points over those games. As for Vista, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-15.
Vista took a serious blow against Carlsbad in their previous meeting two weeks ago, falling 82-53. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Vista was down 43-20.
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