The Cupertino Pioneers will head out to square off against the Mountain View Spartans at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Cupertino will head into Tuesday's contest on the come-up: they were handed a heart-breaking three-point loss in their last match, but they sure didn't let that happen against MacDonald on Tuesday. Cupertino blew past MacDonald 46-12. That looming 46-12 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for the Pioneers yet this season.
Meanwhile, Mountain View waltzed into their game on Tuesday with eight straight wins... but they left with nine. In a tight matchup that could have gone either way, they made off with a 43-42 win over the Chargers. Given the Spartans' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 266th, while the Chargers are ranked 639th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Mountain View's victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 16-3. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 27.8 points per game. As for Cupertino, the win got them back to even at 9-9.
Cupertino suffered a grim 47-22 defeat to Mountain View in their previous meeting back in January. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Mountain View's Alana Hernandez, who went 8 of 20 on her way to 23 points and seven steals. Now that Cupertino knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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