For the second straight game, Coalinga will face off against Hanford West. The Horned Toads will be home for the holidays to greet the Huskies at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
Coalinga is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They put the hurt on Hanford West with a sharp 71-49 victory on Saturday. Given the Horned Toads' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 288th, while the Huskies are ranked 989th) , the win wasn't entirely unexpected.
Coalinga will need to focus on slowing down Zaden Amezola, one of several Hanford West players who made an impact when they last played. He went 6-for-15 en route to 13 points along with seven boards and three steals. Amezola has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Donnovan Smith, who posted 11 points and three steals.
The win made it two in a row for Coalinga and bumps their season record up to 8-2. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 60.0 points over those games. As for Hanford West, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-7.
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