Basketball Game Preview: Tamalpais Red Tailed Hawks vs. Rancho Cotate Cougars

The Tamalpais Red Tailed Hawks will challenge the Rancho Cotate Cougars at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. Given that both suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.

Last Monday, Tamalpais came up short against Ukiah and fell 55-48. The Red Tailed Hawks have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Meanwhile, after a string of eight wins, Rancho Cotate's good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. They fell 60-49 to Cardinal Newman. The contest marked the Cougars' lowest-scoring game so far this season.

Tamalpais will need focus on slowing down Luke Morie, one of several Rancho Cotate players who made an impact when they last played. He posted 13 points. Another player making a difference was Adam Pengel, who had 19 points.

Rancho Cotate's defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 9-2. As for Tamalpais, their loss dropped their record down to 3-9.