The Cactus Shadows Falcons are taking a road trip to square off against the Marcos de Niza Padres at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Cactus Shadows has three straight victories, Marcos de Niza has seven straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Cactus Shadows will head into Friday's game hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Wednesday (they won by 47) and on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Saguaro 48-45. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Falcons have posted since December 9, 2024.
Meanwhile, Marcos de Niza played a tough match on Friday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They had to suffer through a 116-7 loss at the hands of Mesquite. The Padres were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 67-4.
They got a good chunk of their points from the dynamic duo of Kiana Greer and Abigail Cooper, who each put up three points. Tammie Wagner held things down on the boards with three rebounds.
Cactus Shadows is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-6 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 55.2 points per game. As for Marcos de Niza, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-13.
Cactus Shadows strolled past Marcos de Niza when the teams last played back in December of 2017 by a score of 58-41. The rematch might be a little tougher for Cactus Shadows since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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