Basketball Preview: South Tahoe Vikings vs. Galena Grizzlies
South Tahoe is 1-6 against Galena since December of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The South Tahoe Vikings will challenge the Galena Grizzlies at 4:30 p.m. South Tahoe will be strutting in after a win while Galena will be coming in after a defeat.
South Tahoe had to travel to play their first game of the season, but the final result was worth the trip. Everything went their way against North Tahoe on Tuesday as South Tahoe made off with a 48-25 victory. The Vikings pushed the score to 35-14 by the end of the third, a deficit the Lakers had little chance of recovering from.
South Tahoe got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Carly Cox out in front who went 6 for 14 en route to 13 points plus five rebounds and five steals. Another player making a difference was Campbell Mathews, who posted 11 points along with seven rebounds and four steals.
Meanwhile, a victory for Galena just wasn't in the cards on Tuesday as the squad wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They came up short against Reno, falling 56-32. The Grizzlies haven't had much luck with the Huskies recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.
South Tahoe won a contest that couldn't have been any closer when the teams last played back in December of 2023, slipping by Galena 51-50. The rematch might be a little tougher for South Tahoe since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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