The Truckee Wolverines will head out to take on the South Tahoe Vikings at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Truckee is coming into the matchup on a six-game losing streak.
Truckee is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against North Valleys on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Truckee had to suffer through a 51-24 loss at the hands of North Valleys. While losing is never fun, the Wolverines can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 76th in California, while the Panthers are ranked seventh in Nevada).
The losing side was boosted by Becca Brown, who posted ten points.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask South Tahoe). They enjoyed a cozy 64-47 win over Wooster on Friday. The Vikings pushed the score to 58-35 by the end of the third, a deficit the Colts cut but never quite recovered from.
Truckee better keep an eye on Campbell Mathews. She was instrumental in South Tahoe's win, dropping a double-double on 30 points and 20 boards. Those 30 points gave Mathews a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Carly Cox, who scored eight points.
South Tahoe has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-10 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 29.9 points per game. As for Truckee, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-10.
Truckee might still be hurting after the 42-22 loss they got from South Tahoe in their previous meeting two weeks ago. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of South Tahoe's Avery Long, who almost dropped a double-double on 22 points and nine rebounds. Now that Truckee knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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