The Cactus Cobras will venture away from home to take on the Westview Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Cactus is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Deer Valley on Tuesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Cactus was beaten by Deer Valley 87-34. While losing is never fun, the Cobras can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arizona basketball rankings (they are ranked 218th, while the Skyhawks are ranked 18th).
Meanwhile, you can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Westview's strategy against Estrella Foothills on Tuesday. Westview put the hurt on Estrella Foothills with a sharp 70-50 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Knights.
Cactus' loss dropped their record down to 5-13. As for Westview, their win bumped their record up to 11-7.
Cactus didn't have too much breathing room in their match against Westview in their previous matchup two weeks ago, but they still walked away with a 60-56 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Cactus since the squad 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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