The Vista Murrieta Broncos and the Chaparral Pumas will face off at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday without much rest having both just played. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Vista Murrieta has three straight wins, Chaparral has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
On Tuesday, Vista Murrieta strolled past Murrieta Mesa with points to spare, taking the game 39-25. Given the Broncos' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 346th, while the Rams are ranked 808th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Chaparral was just a bucket shy of victory on Tuesday and fell 48-47 to Murrieta Valley.
Despite the defeat, Chaparral saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Zetta Faasua dropped a double-double on 12 points and 16 boards. Faasua is on a roll when it comes to rebounds, as she's now pulled down nine or more in the last 13 games she's played.
Chaparral's loss dropped their record down to 14-10. As for Vista Murrieta, the victory got them back to even at 12-12.
Vista Murrieta couldn't quite finish off Chaparral when the teams last played two weeks ago and fell 44-41. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Faasua, who dropped a double-double on 21 points and 13 boards. Now that Vista Murrieta 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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