The Sports Leadership & Management Bulls will be home for the holidays to greet the Elko Indians at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Sports Leadership & Management's recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Wednesday after their fourth straight loss. They took a 77-67 hit to the loss column at the hands of Fernley. While losing is never fun, Sports Leadership & Management can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nevada basketball rankings (they are ranked 63rd, while Fernley is ranked 17th).
Despite the defeat, Sports Leadership & Management got a solid performance out of Andre Cade, who dropped a double-double on 23 points and ten rebounds. Cade scored a full 34.3% of Sports Leadership & Management's points, the third time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Pablo Cruz, who scored ten points.
Meanwhile, Elko unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak on Friday. They fell to Boulder City 59-53.
Sports Leadership & Management has fallen quite a ways from their 28-4 record last season and are now at 3-7. As for Elko, their loss dropped their record down to 6-3.
Sports Leadership & Management was taken down by Elko 62-35 when the teams last played back in February. Will Sports Leadership & Management have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get analysis of the match and other basketball content.
