Basketball Game Preview: Canyon Springs Pioneers vs. Rancho Rams

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Previous Games

01/19/24 - Away	47-65 L
12/07/23 - Home	54-49 W
11/30/22 - Home	69-71 L
01/28/20 - Away	83-58 W
01/13/20 - Home	73-58 W
+ 5 more games

Canyon Springs has gone 8-2 against Rancho recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Wednesday. The Canyon Springs Pioneers will head out to square off against the Rancho Rams at 6:30 p.m. Canyon Springs has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with three straight defeats, while Rancho will come in with six straight victories.

Canyon Springs is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Mater Academy East Las Vegas on Monday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Canyon Springs was outmatched by Mater Academy East Las Vegas and fell 70-29. The Pioneers were down 61-23 at the end of the third quarter, and things only got worse from there.

Meanwhile, Rancho faced Cheyenne in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Monday. Rancho really took it to Cheyenne for the full four quarters, racking up a 90-23 win. The Rams have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won five games by 27 points or more this season.

Canyon Springs better keep an eye on Jakoi Lide. He was instrumental in Rancho's win, going 18 for 34 on his way to 43 points and six steals. That makes it six consecutive games in which Lide has scored at least a third of Rancho's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jailen Childress, who went 9 of 18 on his way to 21 points in addition to six assists and six steals.

Rancho's victory was their 13th straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-0. As for Canyon Springs, their loss dropped their record down to 1-3.

Things could have been worse for Canyon Springs, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 65-47 loss to Rancho when the teams last played back in January. Thankfully for Canyon Springs, R'Zha Whittle (who dropped a double-double on 18 points and 18 boards) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.