The Sanger West Hornets are packing up and heading out on the road for their first away game this season. they take on the Reedley Pirates at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Hopefully Sanger West focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 34 on Thursday.
Having struggled with four losses in a row dating back to last season, Sanger West finally turned things around against Fowler on Thursday. They managed a 44-39 victory over the Redcats.
Shelbi Castaneda and Aleja Reed were among the main playmakers for Sanger West as the former went 5 for 12 en route to 13 points plus five rebounds and the latter had 13 points plus six rebounds and five steals. What's more, Reed also posted a 33% field goal percentage, which is the highest she's posted since back in November of 2023. Emani Turner was another key player, posting four points plus seven rebounds.
Meanwhile, Reedley earned a 40-32 win over Madera on Friday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Pirates.
Reedley has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 4-3 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 27.5 points per game. As for Sanger West, the victory got them back to even at 1-1.
Sanger West suffered a grim 48-27 defeat to Reedley when the teams last played back in December of 2023. Can Sanger West avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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