Preview: Cassadaga Valley Cougars vs. Panama Panthers
Cassadaga Valley is 2-8 against Panama since December of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Cassadaga Valley Cougars will look to defend their home court against the Panama Panthers at 7:30 p.m.
Last Tuesday, Cassadaga Valley was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 35-30 to Ellicottville. Cassadaga Valley has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, even though Ellicottville scored an imposing 56 points on Friday, Panama still came out on top. Panama enjoyed a cozy 74-56 win over Ellicottville. The win made it back-to-back wins for Panama.
Carter Brink was a one-man wrecking crew for Panama as he scored 32 points along with 5 assists and 4 steals. That makes it two consecutive games in which Brink has scored at least 25% of Panama's points. Bryce Hinsdale was another key contributor, scoring 17 points along with 4 steals.
The losses dropped Cassadaga Valley to 0-2 and Ellicottville to 1-1.
Cassadaga Valley was dealt a bruising 56-29 loss at the hands of Panama in their previous meeting last Friday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Panama's Brink, who scored 26 points along with 3 steals. Now that Cassadaga Valley knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
