Alliance Marine-Innovation & Technology has enjoyed the comforts of home their last two games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will face off against the Animo Robinson Monarchs at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Monday, Alliance Marine-Innovation & Technology was able to grind out a solid win over the Wolves, taking the game 42-34. Alliance Marine-Innovation & Technology pushed the score to 38-17 by the end of the third, a deficit the Wolves cut but never quite recovered from.
Animo Robinson proved they can win big on Monday (they won by 24) but on Wednesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They had just enough and edged University Pathways Medical Magnet out 37-34. Given Animo Robinson's advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 446th, while the are ranked 1183rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Alliance Marine-Innovation & Technology is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 16-4 record this season. As for Animo Robinson, the victory makes it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 18-2.