The Golden Sierra Grizzlies will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against the Fortune Early College Panthers at 5:30 p.m. on December 5th. Hopefully Golden Sierra focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 12 on Saturday.
Last Saturday, Golden Sierra beat John Adams Academy 43-35. 43 seems to be a good number for Golden Sierra as the team scooped up a win with the same number of points in their previous game.
Golden Sierra got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Zofia Bradford out in front who scored 13 points along with 7 rebounds and 6 steals. That makes it two consecutive games in which Bradford has scored at least 25% of Golden Sierra's points. Skyler Tory was another key contributor, scoring 8 points along with 7 steals.
Meanwhile, Fortune Early College came up short against Valley Christian last Saturday and fell 52-42. While losing is never fun, Fortune Early College can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 447th, while Valley Christian is ranked 145th).
Golden Sierra now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Fortune Early College, their loss dropped their record down to an identical 2-1.
Golden Sierra ended up a good deal behind Fortune Early College when the teams last played back in February, losing 60-44. Can Golden Sierra avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
