The Salinas Cowboys are taking a road trip to challenge the Carmel Padres at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Salinas has struggled recently with eight losses in a row, while Carmel will arrive with four straight victories.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 60-28, which was the final score in Salinas' tilt against Palma on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Cowboys can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 956th, while the Chieftains are ranked 242nd).
Meanwhile, Carmel won against Monterey on Wednesday with 62 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Friday. Carmel walked away with a 62-52 win over Alisal.
Carmel has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a massive bump to their 8-5 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 59.3 points per game. As for Salinas, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-12.
Salinas suffered a grim 70-44 defeat to Carmel when the teams last played back in January of 2024. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Salinas was down 51-20.
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