Basketball Preview: Canyon Cougars vs. Steele Knights
Canyon is 0-10 against Steele since December of 2015 but things could change on Tuesday. The Canyon Cougars will look to defend their home court against the Steele Knights at 7:00 p.m.
Steele is facing Canyon at the wrong time: Canyon suffered their first home loss of the season on Saturday and they're likely out for redemption. They had to suffer through a 56-27 loss at the hands of the Raiders. 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 352nd, while the Raiders are ranked 126th).
Meanwhile, Steele had already won five in a row and they went ahead and made it six on Friday. They snuck past the Cougars with a 44-39 win.
Steele pushed their record up to 11-3 with the victory, which was their 12th straight on the road dating back to last season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 55.9 points per game. As for Canyon, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 12-7.
Canyon suffered a grim 71-49 defeat to Steele in their previous matchup back in January of 2020. Can Canyon avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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