The Evergreen Valley Cougars will head out on the road to take on the Alisal Trojans at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
It was a proper cat-fight when Evergreen Valley faced off against Pinewood last Saturday. Evergreen Valley took a blow against Pinewood, falling 77-21. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 140th, while the Panthers are ranked 12th).
Evergreen Valley's loss came about despite a quality game from Aastha Bhagat, who posted eight points. The team also got some help courtesy of Samanvi Gudlavaletti, who scored four points.
Meanwhile, Alisal had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 23 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Monday. They walked away with a 45-34 victory over the Breakers.
Alisal is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 52.3 points per game. As for Evergreen Valley, their defeat ended an 11-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 7-3.
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