The Tuba City Warriors will venture away from home to square off against the Chinle Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Tuba City is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 50.9 points per game this season.
Tuba City is headed into the game having just suffered their closest defeat since December 19, 2024 on Wednesday. They fell just short of Chinle by a score of 36-34. While losing is never fun, the Warriors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arizona basketball rankings (they are ranked 29th, while the Wildcats are ranked fifth).
Despite the loss, Tuba City had strong showings from Justice Nez, who posted nine points, and Taimani Tso, who had six points and six rebounds.
Tuba City's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 12-7. As for Chinle, the victory (which was their ninth in a row) raised their record to 18-1.
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