The Canyon Springs Pioneers will challenge the Rancho Rams at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Canyon Springs will head into Thursday's match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Tuesday (they won by 28) and on Thursday they proved they can win the close ones too. They had just enough and edged Palo Verde out 51-48. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Pioneers have posted against the Panthers since December 16, 2015.
Meanwhile, Rancho entered their tilt with Desert Oasis on Thursday with six consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with seven. They walked away with a 64-55 win over the Diamondbacks. Given the Rams' advantage in MaxPreps' Nevada basketball rankings (they are ranked tenth, while the Diamondbacks are ranked 44th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Rancho is also on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-5 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 71.0 points per game. As for Canyon Springs, their victory bumped their record up to 9-10.
Canyon Springs lost to Rancho at home by a decisive 64-46 margin when the teams last played back in December of 2024. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Rancho's Jakoi Lide, who went 11 of 26 en route to 29 points and five steals. Now that Canyon Springs knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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