The North Pole Patriots are taking a road trip to square off against the West Valley Wolf Pack at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (North Pole has six straight victories, West Valley has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Last Tuesday, North Pole was able to grind out a solid win over Lathrop, taking the game 40-28.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 61-14, which was the final score in West Valley's tilt against Wasilla on Saturday. While losing is never fun, the Wolf Pack can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alaska basketball rankings (they are ranked 77th, while the Warriors are ranked first).
North Pole is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a massive bump to their 8-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 50.1 points per game. As for West Valley, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-14.
Everything came up roses for North Pole against West Valley when the teams last played back in January, as the squad secured a 64-23 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for North Pole 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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