Having just played yesterday, the Coachella Valley Mighty Arabs will jump right back in to play the Stevenson Pirates at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. Coachella Valley's defense has only allowed 28.3 points per game this season, so Stevenson's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Coachella Valley will bounce into Saturday's match after beating La Quinta, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. Coachella Valley snuck past La Quinta with a 44-39 victory on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Mighty Arabs.
Meanwhile, Stevenson had already won seven in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 14.3 points) and they went ahead and made it eight on Friday. Everything went their way against the Lancers as they made off with a 41-21 win. Given the Pirates' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 295th, while the Lancers are ranked 920th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Coachella Valley's victory bumped their record up to 9-2. As for Stevenson, their win bumped their record up to 9-1.
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