Norco played a tough match on Thursday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They had to suffer through a 68-30 loss at the hands of the Corona Panthers. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 1027th, while the Panthers are ranked 188th).
Alex Flores continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines for Corona, going 6 of 10 from beyond the arc on her way to 28 points. The contest was Flores' fifth in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Fia Liaga, who went 7 of 15 en route to 18 points.
Norco's defeat was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 5-12. As for Corona, the win was the seventh in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 18-3.
Norco will challenge Centennial at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Corona, they will square off against Walnut at 9:25 a.m. on Saturday. Corona is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 52.7 points per game this season.
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