Two dominant guards in Brianda Benitez and Aakash Price are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Steele Canyon Cougars will head out to face off against the Grossmont Foothillers at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Steele Canyon is headed into the contest after thoroughly thrashing Helix: they outscored them in every quarter. Steele Canyon blew past Helix 62-36 on Friday. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Cougars had established a 22 point advantage.
Meanwhile, Grossmont came tearing into Friday's match with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 29 points) and they left with even more momentum. They snuck past the Vaqueros with a 44-38 victory.
Grossmont's win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 17-3. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.0 points per game. As for Steele Canyon, their victory was their first in the league, bumping their league record up to 1-2 and their overall record up to 9-14.
Steele Canyon might still be hurting after the 51-28 loss they got from Grossmont in their previous matchup back in May of 2021. Thankfully for Steele Canyon, Shyann Vankirk (who dropped a double-double on 13 points and 12 rebounds) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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