The Pearsall Mavericks will challenge the Nueces Canyon Panthers at 5:00 p.m. on Friday.
Last Tuesday, Pearsall came up short against Natalia and fell 51-41. The loss continues a trend for the Mavericks in their matchups with the Mustangs: they've now lost three in a row.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the matchup if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Nueces Canyon's strategy against Brackett on Wednesday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Nueces Canyon blew Brackett out of the water with a 66-28 final score. The contest was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Panthers had established a 35 point advantage.
Madison Sifuentes went supernova for Nueces Canyon, going 12 for 20 en route to 27 points plus two steals. Sifuentes has been hot , having posted two or more steals the last five times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Schreiner Meredith, who went 7 for 9 en route to 15 points plus six rebounds.
Nueces Canyon now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Pearsall, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-1.
Pearsall strolled past Nueces Canyon when the teams last played back in December of 2018 by a score of 56-41. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Nueces Canyon's Shelby Pannell, who dropped a double-double on 16 points and 11 rebounds. Now that she won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for Pearsall to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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