The Canyon Springs Pioneers will take on the Legacy Longhorns on Tuesday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Canyon Springs is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They walked away with a 45-33 victory over Cimarron-Memorial. The Pioneers pushed the score to 39-19 by the end of the third, a deficit the Spartans cut but never quite recovered from.
Meanwhile, Legacy had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 54 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Wednesday. They blew past the Vikings 74-13. Given the Longhorns' advantage in MaxPreps' Nevada basketball rankings (they are ranked 15th, while the Vikings are ranked 63rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Legacy's win came from a few key players Canyon Springs will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Alabama Nieves, who went 13 of 19 on her way to 30 points and four steals. She is becoming a predictor of Legacy's success: when she posts at least 15 points the team is 20-2 (and 2-5 when she doesn't). The team also got some help courtesy of Laila Gines, who went 8 for 13 to rack up 21 points and five steals.
Legacy was working as a unit and finished the game with 26 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since the start of last season.
Legacy's win was their 14th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 22-7. The wins came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 23.6 points over those games. As for Canyon Springs, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-10 record this season.
Canyon Springs came up short against Legacy in their previous meeting back in December of 2024, falling 42-36. Can Canyon Springs avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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