The Colfax Falcons will head out on the road to take on the Pleasant Valley Vikings at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a 11-game winning streak alive.
Two teams were on the hunt for playoff glory, but only Colfax walked away with it. They came out on top against the Pumas by a score of 51-40 on Saturday.
Madalyn Sigrist and Kaia Diederichs were among the main playmakers for Colfax as the former scored 18 points and the latter scored 14 points along with three steals. Diederichs is on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed two or more in the last 11 games she's played. Another player making a difference was Juliette James, who dropped a double-double on ten points and 12 rebounds.
Meanwhile, even though Oakland Tech scored an imposing 62 points on Saturday, Pleasant Valley still came out on top. Pleasant Valley had just enough and edged Oakland Tech out 64-62. Given Pleasant Valley's advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 23rd, while Oakland Tech is ranked 93rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Colfax pushed their record up to 33-2 with that win, which was their sixth straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 63.8 points per game. As for Pleasant Valley, they are on a roll lately: they've won 16 of their last 17 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 26-7 record this season.
Colfax came up short against Pleasant Valley when the teams last played back in December of 2022, falling 58-48. Can Colfax avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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