Steele Canyon's tournament run continued when they took on Sunrise Mountain on Saturday. The Steele Canyon Cougars opened the new year with a less-than-successful 66-53 defeat to the Sunrise Mountain Mustangs. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 604th in California, while the Mustangs are ranked 137th in Arizona).
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Sunrise Mountain to victory, but perhaps none more so than Marcus Murray, who went 7 of 9 on his way to 17 points and seven assists. The team also got some help courtesy of Caden Hammond, who went 7 for 16 on his way to 14 points and seven rebounds.
Steele Canyon has traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 9-8 record this season. As for Sunrise Mountain, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 5-7.
Steele Canyon will look to defend their home court on January 11th against La Costa Canyon at 3:00 p.m. As for Sunrise Mountain, they will head out to take on Canyon View at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. One thing working in Canyon View's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points every time they've taken the court this season.
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