Simi Valley and Moorpark are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2021, but not for long. The Simi Valley Pioneers will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against the Moorpark Musketeers at 7:00 p.m. Simi Valley will be strutting in after a win while Moorpark will be coming in after a defeat.
Simi Valley is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They really took it to The Palmdale Aerospace Academy for the full four quarters, racking up a 63-32 victory. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Pioneers considering their 14-point performance the game before.
Moorpark has been a dominant force so far, but they're in the middle of a mini-slump at the moment. They were beaten by Camarillo 81-50 on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Musketeers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 312th, while the Scorpions are ranked 91st).
Moorpark's loss dropped their record down to 12-7. As for Simi Valley, their win bumped their record up to 9-11.
Simi Valley took a serious blow against Moorpark in their previous matchup on January 10th, falling 72-41. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Moorpark's Maya Urteaga, who went 17 of 29 en route to 40 points. Now that Simi Valley knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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