The Pima Roughriders are taking a road trip to challenge the San Tan Charter Roadrunners at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
San Tan Charter will be up against a hot Pima squad: the team just extended their winning streak to six. Pima was the clear victor by a 59-33 margin over Silver on Saturday. The Roughriders pushed the score to 49-22 by the end of the third, a deficit the Fighting Colts cut but never quite recovered from.
Meanwhile, San Tan Charter came tearing into Monday's game with ten straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 51.7 points) and they left with even more momentum. They took their match with ease, bagging a 109-34 victory over the Lightning. Given the Roadrunners' advantage in MaxPreps' Arizona basketball rankings (they are ranked 52nd, while the Lightning are ranked 273rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
San Tan Charter has also been performing well recently as they've won 13 of their last 17 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-9 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 86.3 points per game. As for Pima, they pushed their record up to 25-3 with the win, which was their third straight at home.
Everything went Pima's way against San Tan Charter in their previous meeting back in December of 2021, as Pima made off with a 65-44 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Pima 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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