Preview: Santiago Cavaliers vs. Loara Saxons
After three games on the road, Santiago is heading back home. They will take on the Loara Saxons at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Friday, Santiago earned a 43-35 victory over La Quinta. 43 seems to be a good number for Santiago as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of points in their previous game.
Meanwhile, Loara had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 19.5 points), and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They blew past Los Amigos 52-31. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory Loara has posted since November 17, 2023.
It was another big night for Angela Ngo, who scored 18 points along with eight steals and five rebounds. She has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last ten times she's played. Sophia Rangel was another key contributor, scoring eight points along with eight rebounds and five steals.
Santiago's win bumped their record up to 5-13. As for Loara, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 11-8 record this season.
Santiago came up short against Loara in their previous meeting back in December of 2023, falling 42-37. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Rangel, who dropped a double-double on 21 points and 14 rebounds. Now that Santiago knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
