The Vista Panthers will take on the Rancho Buena Vista Longhorns at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with ten consecutive losses for Vista and three for Rancho Buena Vista.
On Wednesday, Vista ended up a good deal behind Carlsbad and lost 81-64. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 355th, while the Lancers are ranked 23rd).
Meanwhile, Rancho Buena Vista played a tough match on Wednesday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They had to suffer through a 78-45 loss at the hands of Torrey Pines. The Longhorns were down 49-29 at the end of the third quarter, and things only got worse from there.
Rancho Buena Vista's loss dropped their record down to 14-13. As for Vista, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-16.
Vista couldn't quite finish off Rancho Buena Vista when the teams last played back in January and fell 64-61. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Rancho Buena Vista's CJ Aldrich, who dropped a double-double with 36 points and ten rebounds. Now that Vista knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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