Two dominant guards in Caylee Benavidez and Natalia Stout are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Tucumcari Rattlers will welcome the Pecos Panthers at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Tucumcari sitting on four straight victories and Pecos on seven.
Tucumcari is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took their contest on Thursday with ease, bagging a 75-36 win over Clayton. The Rattlers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won eight matches by 24 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, Pecos really took it to Estancia for the full four quarters, racking up a 56-22 victory. With the Panthers ahead 38-11 at the half, the game was all but over already.
Tucumcari is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-5 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 59.6 points per game. As for Pecos, they pushed their record up to 16-5 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home.
Tucumcari and Pecos were neck-and-neck when the teams last played two weeks ago, but Tucumcari came up empty-handed after a 56-55 defeat. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Stout, who shot 4-for-5 from beyond the arc and dropped a double-double on 25 points and ten rebounds. Now that Tucumcari knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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