Santa Maria is 8-2 against Atascadero since December of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Santa Maria Saints will be playing in front of their home fans against the Atascadero Greyhounds at 6:30 p.m. Santa Maria will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.
Winning is just a little bit easier when you work as a team to rack up eight more assists than your opponent, a fact Santa Maria proved on Saturday. Everything went their way against Taft as Santa Maria made off with a 51-31 win.
Santa Maria's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Alyssa Reyes led the charge by scoring 16 points along with 4 steals. Reyes hasn't dropped below two steals for four straight games. Nevaeh Madrigal was another key contributor, scoring 9 points along with 8 assists and 6 steals.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 70-26, which was the final score in Atascadero's tilt against Shafter on Saturday.
Santa Maria's victory lifted them to 5-3 while Taft's loss dropped them down to 0-3.
Santa Maria strolled past Atascadero in their previous matchup back in January by a score of 45-31. Does Santa Maria have another victory up their sleeve, or will Atascadero turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
