Elsie Allen has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will take on the Ukiah Wildcats at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
It may have taken overtime to finish the job, but Elsie Allen ultimately got the result they hoped for on Tuesday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Rancho Cotate 46-44. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win Elsie Allen has posted yet this season.
Meanwhile, Ukiah had already won seven in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 15.6 points), and they went ahead and made it eight on Thursday. They managed a 56-52 victory over Rancho Cotate. Given Ukiah's advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 173rd, while Rancho Cotate is ranked 705th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Elsie Allen has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 10-11 record this season. As for Ukiah, their win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 19-5.
Elsie Allen lost to Ukiah on the road by a decisive 46-32 margin when the teams last played two weeks ago. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Ukiah's Tony Zacarias, who scored 15 points along with six assists and six rebounds. Now that Elsie Allen knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
