Having just played yesterday, the Lathrop Malemutes will head out on the road to face off against the Valdez Buccaneers at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Lathrop's tournament run continued when they took on Sitka on Friday. Lathrop took a hard 77-61 fall against Sitka. While losing is never fun, the Malemutes can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alaska basketball rankings (they are ranked 29th, while the Wolves are ranked fifth).
Meanwhile, Valdez lost to Barrow at home by a 84-70 margin on Friday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Thursday (59), the Buccaneers still had to take the loss.
Valdez's loss dropped their record down to 8-7. As for Lathrop, they have been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four matchups, which has put a noticeable dent in their 11-10 record this season.
Lathrop was able to grind out a solid win over Valdez in their previous matchup back in January, winning 61-54. The rematch might be a little tougher for Lathrop 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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