Basketball Game Preview: Steele Knights vs. Canyon Cougars

By Team Reports Feb 5, 2025, 2:48am

Basketball Preview: Steele Knights vs. Canyon Cougars

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Steele has gone 10-0 against Canyon recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Steele Knights will be playing at home against the Canyon Cougars at 7:00 p.m. One thing working in Steele's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last 27 matchups.

On Tuesday, Steele came up short against San Marcos and fell 74-67. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Tuesday (55), the Knights still had to take the loss.

Meanwhile, Canyon was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They took a 68-55 hit to the loss column at the hands of Judson. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 539th, while the Rockets are ranked 156th).

Steele's defeat dropped their record down to 26-5. As for Canyon, their loss dropped their record down to 12-21.

Steele strolled past Canyon in their previous matchup back in January by a score of 72-55. Will Steele repeat their success, or does Canyon have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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