Basketball Preview: Coronado Cougars vs. Las Vegas Wildcats
The Coronado Cougars will take on the Las Vegas Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Coronado saw some tournament action on Saturday. They snuck past St. Augustine with a 65-61 win.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the matchup if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Las Vegas' strategy against Sunrise Mountain on Thursday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Las Vegas blew Sunrise Mountain out of the water with a 68-28 final score. With the Wildcats ahead 47-18 at the half, the contest was all but over already.
Tayshaun Jackson had a dynamite game for Las Vegas, going 6 for 10 en route to 20 points plus five steals. The match was Jackson's sixth in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Hunter Iverson, who went 5 for 9 en route to 13 points.
Las Vegas' first victory this season bumped their record up to 1-2. As for Coronado, the win got them back to even at 1-1.
Everything came up roses for Coronado against Las Vegas in their previous meeting back in November of 2023, as the team secured a 75-43 victory. Will Coronado repeat their success, or does Las Vegas have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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