Tamalpais hasn't had much luck against Redwood recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Tamalpais Red Tailed Hawks will take on the Redwood Giants at 7:30 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Tuesday, Tamalpais was just a bucket shy of victory and fell 59-58 to San Rafael. While losing is never fun, the Red Tailed Hawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 718th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 318th).
Meanwhile, Redwood had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 27 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They put the hurt on the Mustangs with a sharp 74-53 win.
Redwood has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 14 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-6 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 62.6 points per game. As for Tamalpais, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-14.
Tamalpais came up short against Redwood in their previous meeting back in January of 2024, falling 56-44. Can Tamalpais avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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