Basketball Recap: Nueces Canyon Skates Past Rocksprings with Ease

Panthers

Margin (Wins)

12/31/24 vs Comstock	60
12/28/24 vs Comfort	44
01/07/25 vs Rocksprings	33
01/03/25 @ Medina	7
12/28/24 vs Sonora	-30

Nueces Canyon hadn't done well against Rocksprings recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. The Nueces Canyon Panthers really took it to the Rocksprings Angoras for the full four quarters, racking up a 74-41 victory. The Panthers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 12 contests by 23 points or more this season.

Nueces Canyon's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Madison Sifuentes, who went 10 for 20 on her way to 23 points. With that strong performance, Sifuentes is now averaging an impressive 15.2 points per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Schreiner Meredith, who went 6 of 10 on her way to 13 points and seven rebounds.

Nueces Canyon was working as a unit and finished the game with 23 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since the start of last season.

Despite the loss, Rocksprings still got an impressive performance from Alektra Hernandez, who posted 18 points. The match was Hernandez's sixth in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Kallee Sifuentes, who put up nine points.

Nueces Canyon's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 19-4. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to three-point shooting accuracy: their three-point shooting accuracy was 31.1% in those games and 27.6% outside of them. As for Rocksprings, their loss dropped their record down to 7-15-1.

Nueces Canyon didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 49-18 victory against Leakey on the 10th. As for Rocksprings, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 39-26 defeat against D'Hanis on the 10th.