Even though the Fairfield Falcons scored an imposing 59 points on Friday, the Casa Grande Gauchos still came out on top. Casa Grande managed a 65-59 win over Fairfield. This was payback for Casa Grande, who suffered a 58-45 defeat the last time these two teams met.
Ryan Rice continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, scoring 19 points along with eight steals and six rebounds. The game was Rice's fourth in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Andon Harris, who scored 17 points.
Casa Grande's win bumped their record up to 2-3. As for Fairfield, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-4.
Casa Grande and Novato will face off at 1:00 p.m. on December 9th without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Novato has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games. Fairfield and Encinal will face off at 11:30 a.m. on December 9th without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Encinal will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps California Rankings (they are ranked 1078th, while Fairfield is ranked 442nd).
