The Mountain View Cougars will venture away from home to square off against the Bend Lava Bears at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Mountain View is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They fell to La Grande 73-68. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Oregon basketball rankings (they are ranked 125th, while the Tigers are ranked 31st).
Meanwhile, Bend entered their tilt with Klamath Union on Friday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They breezed by the Pelicans to the tune of 67-30. The Lava Bears have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won seven contests by 23 points or more this season.
Bend's victory bumped their record up to 8-6. As for Mountain View, their loss ended an 11-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 5-8.
Everything came up roses for Mountain View against Bend in their previous meeting back in February of 2024, as the squad secured an 80-52 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mountain View since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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