The Flowing Wells Caballeros's game last Friday was a tough loss, but they didn't let that memory haunt them on Monday. They skirted past Sahuaro 64-61. The high flying offensive effort was a huge turnaround for Flowing Wells considering their 17-point performance the game before.
Flowing Wells was led to victory by Nevaeh Urenda and Kayla Bailey. Urenda scored 14 points along with eight assists and six rebounds, while Bailey scored 21 points along with seven rebounds and four steals. Bailey has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last ten times she's played. Another player making a difference was Alexa Mejia, who scored six points.
Sahuaro's defeat came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Cassandra Coolidge, who scored 29 points along with six rebounds and two steals. That was a full 47.5% of Sahuaro's points, marking the fourth time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Kristen Valdez, who scored 12 points along with nine rebounds and six steals.
Flowing Wells has been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-6 record this season. As for Sahuaro, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 14-6.
Flowing Wells will head out on the road to face off against Mountain View at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Mountain View will be looking to keep their five-game home win streak alive. Sahuaro will take on Pueblo at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Pueblo has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
