Casa Grande is on a four-game streak of home losses dating back to last season, Petaluma a three-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck will change on Tuesday. The Casa Grande Gauchos will host the Petaluma Trojans at 7:00 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Casa Grande is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against American Canyon on Saturday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Casa Grande came up short against American Canyon, falling 50-28. While losing is never fun, the Gauchos can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 1060th, while the Wolves are ranked 306th).
Meanwhile, Petaluma didn't have quite enough to beat Vintage on Saturday and fell 53-51. While the Trojans didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Crushers 15-11 in the first quarter.
Casa Grande's defeat dropped their record down to 1-12. As for Petaluma, their loss dropped their record down to 3-9.
Casa Grande came out on top in a nail-biter against Petaluma when the teams last played back in February of 2024, sneaking past 38-35. Will Casa Grande repeat their success, or does Petaluma have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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