Truckee lost against South Tahoe back in January and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Wednesday. The Truckee Wolverines took a blow against the South Tahoe Vikings, falling 69-33. While losing is never fun, the Wolverines can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 100th, while the Vikings are ranked 34th).
Despite the loss, Truckee still got an impressive performance from Vincent Long, who posted 12 points.
Oscar Mendoza was nothing short of spectacular for South Tahoe: he went 8 for 10 en route to 17 points in addition to six rebounds and six steals. Those 17 points gave Mendoza a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Esha Davis, who went 5 of 9 on his way to 14 points.
Truckee dropped their record down to 3-17 with the defeat, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for South Tahoe, the victory was the sixth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 18-5.
Truckee will venture away from home to face off against Hug at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. As for South Tahoe, they will welcome Sparks at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. South Tahoe is facing Sparks at the right time seeing as Sparks is stuck on a 16-game losing streak.
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