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| 01/31/25 - Away | 80-56 W |
| 02/01/22 - Away | 54-45 W |
| 01/20/22 - Home | 50-35 W |
| 02/01/18 - Home | 50-53 L |
| 12/21/17 - Neutral | 85-68 W |
| + 2 more games |
Cesar Chavez is 6-1 against South Mountain since February of 2016 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Wednesday. The two teams will face off at 7:00 p.m. without much rest having both just played. One thing working in Cesar Chavez's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last six matches.
Cesar Chavez easily dispatched Shadow Ridge on Friday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. Cesar Chavez fell just short of Camelback by a score of 68-66 on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, South Mountain was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They fell 75-62 to Maryvale. While losing is never fun, the Jaguars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arizona basketball rankings (they are ranked 272nd, while the Panthers are ranked 101st).
Cesar Chavez's loss was their first in the region, dropping their region record down to 6-1 and their overall record down to 13-11. As for South Mountain, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-19.
Cesar Chavez took their win against South Mountain when the teams last played two weeks ago by a conclusive 80-56. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was South Mountain's Kaedience Koronich, who went 8 of 12 on his way to 17 points and three steals. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Cesar Chavez still be able to contain Koronich? There's only one way to find out.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
