Basketball Game Preview: Evergreen Valley Cougars vs. Santa Teresa Saints

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Previous Games

02/12/22 - Home	55-49 W
01/18/22 - Away	56-49 W
05/13/21 - Home	68-44 W
04/27/21 - Away	47-68 L
02/08/18 - Away	55-37 W
+ 4 more games

Evergreen Valley is 8-1 against Santa Teresa since December of 2014 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Evergreen Valley Cougars are taking a road trip to challenge the Santa Teresa Saints at 7:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.

Evergreen Valley is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Piedmont Hills 65-32 on Monday. The Cougars have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won four contests by 21 points or more this season.

Evergreen Valley's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Rayleen Sandhu, who posted 13 points in addition to five assists and four steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Diya Dharmashankar, who put up 15 points along with seven boards and three steals.

Sandhu wasn't the only one working in the assists department: Evergreen Valley was working as a unit and finished the game with 20 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since back in January.

Meanwhile, Santa Teresa had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 30 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. They strolled past the Lions with points to spare, taking the game 73-54. Given the Saints' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 239th, while the Lions are ranked 696th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Santa Teresa found their leader in sophomore Trinity Lacy, who had 21 points. Those 21 points set a new season-high mark for Lacy. The team also got some help courtesy of Mia Hwang, who posted eight points.

Santa Teresa's win bumped their record up to 6-1. As for Evergreen Valley, their victory bumped their record up to 6-2.

Evergreen Valley didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Santa Teresa in their previous matchup back in February of 2022, but they still walked away with a 55-49 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Evergreen Valley since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.