Canyon won the last time they faced Sunny Hills and things went their way on Friday too. The Canyon Comanches took down the Sunny Hills Lancers 55-41.
Despite the defeat, Sunny Hills saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Rianna Jones went 5 for 7 en route to 11 points in addition to six rebounds and six steals. Jones is becoming a predictor of Sunny Hills' success: when she posts at least five steals the team is 11-5 (and 3-7 when she doesn't). The team also got some help courtesy of Sydney Kim, who posted 14 points.
Canyon's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 13-12. As for Sunny Hills, their loss was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 14-12.
Canyon and Sunny Hills could both be facing uphill battles in their next games considering their disadvantage in the MaxPreps California Rankings. Canyon (ranked 246th) will meet El Dorado (ranked 68th) at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Sunny Hills will square off against Crean Lutheran at 5:30 p.m. on January 31st down 283 places (318 vs. 35).
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