A feisty cat fight is on tap when the Santa Maria Cougars take on the La Villa Cardinals at 7:00 p.m. on Friday... Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Santa Maria is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They fell just short of Premont by a score of 47-44 on Tuesday. The Cougars were up 30-14 in the second quarter but couldn't hold on to the lead.
Meanwhile, La Villa was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They were dealt a 64-31 defeat at the hands of Freer. The Cardinals were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 37-6.
Santa Maria will have to keep a close watch on Rainee Cantu and Nylah Patterson, a pair of players who had a big impact on La Villa's prior game. Cantu posted 14 points, while Patterson put up ten points. That was a full 45.2% of La Villa's points, marking the third time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points.
La Villa's loss dropped their record down to 9-12. As for Santa Maria, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 6-10.
Santa Maria suffered a grim 55-31 defeat to La Villa in their previous matchup back in December of 2024. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of La Villa's Herlinda Rivera, who had 25 points. Now that Santa Maria 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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