The Coronado Cougars will venture away from home to take on the Mesa Ridge Grizzlies at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Coronado has now lost ten straight, leaving the team hunting for their first win since January 9.
Coronado is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Falcon on Saturday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Coronado was beaten by Falcon 75-14. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 304th, while the Falcons are ranked 102nd).
Meanwhile, a well-balanced attack led Mesa Ridge over Pueblo Central in every quarter on their way to victory on Monday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Mesa Ridge blew Pueblo Central out of the water with a 51-20 final score. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Grizzlies had established a 24 point advantage.
Mesa Ridge's win bumped their record up to 8-11. As for Coronado, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-19.
Coronado was dealt a bruising 71-26 loss at the hands of Mesa Ridge when the teams last played back in January. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Mesa Ridge's Maya Warriax, who dropped a double-double with 16 points and 12 boards. Now that Coronado knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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