The Mineral County Serpents will venture away from home to challenge the Virginia City Muckers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Mineral County is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Smith Valley just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Tuesday. They lost to the Bulldogs on the road by a 71-54 margin.
Meanwhile, Virginia City had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 26.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They claimed a resounding 64-33 victory over the Scorpions. The Muckers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won ten matchups by 23 points or more this season.
Mineral County now has a losing record at 11-12. As for Virginia City, their win bumped their record up to 16-1.
Mineral County suffered a grim 70-47 defeat to Virginia City in their previous matchup on January 10th. Can Mineral County avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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