Chaparral and Murrieta Mesa are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2020, but not for long. The Chaparral Pumas will host the Murrieta Mesa Rams at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with four consecutive losses for Chaparral and three for Murrieta Mesa.
Chaparral lost 89-66 to Vista Murrieta on Wednesday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (64), the Pumas still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, Murrieta Mesa was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Wednesday as they fell 57-52 to Great Oak. While losing is never fun, the Rams can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 569th, while the Wolfpack are ranked 143rd).
Chaparral's defeat dropped their record down to 11-11. As for Murrieta Mesa, their loss dropped their record down to 8-15.
Chaparral came out on top in a nail-biter against Murrieta Mesa in their previous meeting two weeks ago, sneaking past 56-54. Will Chaparral repeat their success, or does Murrieta Mesa have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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