The Bagdad Sultans will take on the Maryvale Prep Matador in a holiday battle at at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Bagdad has three straight wins, Maryvale Prep has seven straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
On Friday, Bagdad didn't have too much trouble with San Pasqual Valley as they won 55-37. Given the Sultans' advantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 94th in Arizona, while the Warriors are ranked 210th in California), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Maryvale Prep didn't have quite enough to beat Antelope on Friday and fell 54-51.
Bagdad pushed their record up to 9-3 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Maryvale Prep, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-6.
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