The Evergreen Valley Cougars will square off against the Carlmont Scots at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Evergreen Valley comes in on 14 and Carlmont on five.
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Evergreen Valley had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. They blew past the Eagles 68-48. Evergreen Valley has made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won nine matchups by 20 points or more this season.
Evergreen Valley's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Xuan-Mai Nguyen led the charge by dropping a double-double on 14 points and 14 rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Nguyen has scored all season. Lealah Rowden was another key contributor, dropping a double-double on 15 points and 12 rebounds.
Meanwhile, even though Hollister scored an imposing 56 points on Tuesday, Carlmont still came out on top. Carlmont took down Hollister 70-56. Carlmont pushed the score to 58-36 by the end of the third, a deficit Hollister cut but never quite recovered from.
Evergreen Valley has been performing well recently as they've won 15 of their last 18 games, which provided a nice bump to their 20-5 record this season. As for Carlmont, they pushed their record up to 16-10 with that win, which was their third straight on the road.
Evergreen Valley strolled past Carlmont in their previous matchup back in February of 2023 by a score of 73-56. Will Evergreen Valley repeat their success, or does Carlmont have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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