After having lost a blowout in their previous game against El Capitan, Granite Hills was happy to have turned things around on Friday. They came out on top against the Steele Canyon Cougars by a score of 52-45. The Eagles have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Cougars, too.
Granite Hills was led to victory by Kerstena Tomika and Jaylene Hughes. Tomika dropped a triple-double on 21 points, 16 boards, and ten blocks, while Hughes posted 23 points. That makes it three consecutive games in which Hughes has scored at least a third of Granite Hills' points. Another player making a difference was Jillian Griffith, who scored two points and seven rebounds.
Steele Canyon's loss came despite strong showings from Aleyah Ibrahim and La'Veyha Iglehart. Ibrahim dropped a double-double on 15 points and 16 boards, while Iglehart almost dropped a double-double on 20 points and nine rebounds. Ibrahim has been hot for a while, having posted eight or more boards the last 12 times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Kali'Ani Ewing, who had three points and seven rebounds.
The win got Granite Hills back to even at 8-8. As for Steele Canyon, they dropped their record down to 7-13 with the defeat, which was their fifth straight at home.
Granite Hills has already played their next matchup, a 65-34 victory against Vista on the 18th. As for Steele Canyon, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 55-25 loss against El Capitan on the 21st.
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