A feisty cat fight is on tap when the Golden Valley Cougars take on the Los Banos Tigers at 7:15 p.m. on Friday... The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Golden Valley has three straight victories, Los Banos has seven straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Golden Valley will bounce into Friday's matchup after beating Atwater, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. Golden Valley snuck past Atwater with a 56-50 win on Wednesday. 56 seems to be a good number for the Cougars as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of points in their previous game.
Meanwhile, Los Banos played a tough contest on Wednesday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They took a blow against Merced, falling 90-37. The Tigers were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 46-24.
Golden Valley has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 19-6 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 60.3 points per game. As for Los Banos, their loss dropped their record down to 13-9.
Golden Valley didn't have too much breathing room in their match against Los Banos when the teams last played two weeks ago, but they still walked away with a 67-61 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Golden Valley since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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