The Nueces Canyon Panthers will face off against the Round Top-Carmine Cubs on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Nueces Canyon is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They blew past Lasara 64-26. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 668th, while the Lions are ranked 1458th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Madison Sifuentes
| 02/11/25 vs Lasara | 50% |
| 02/07/25 vs D'Hanis | 50% |
| 02/04/25 vs Leakey | 57% |
| 01/31/25 @ Rocksprings | 58% |
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Nueces Canyon to victory, but perhaps none more so than Madison Sifuentes, who went 8 for 16 to rack up 22 points. Sifuentes is also on a roll when it comes to shooting accuracy, as she's posted one of at least 45% in the last four games she's played. Another player making a difference was Idrianna DeLeon, who went 6 of 11 on her way to 12 points along with seven steals and six rebounds.
Meanwhile, Round Top-Carmine had already won 11 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 24.1 points) and they went ahead and made it 12 on Monday. They really took it to the Yellowjackets for the full four quarters, racking up a 64-25 win. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 33-11.
Nueces Canyon has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 14 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 28-5 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 27.1 points over those games. As for Round Top-Carmine, their victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 15-3.
Nueces Canyon strolled past Round Top-Carmine when the teams last played back in February of 2024 by a score of 47-28. The rematch might be a little tougher for Nueces Canyon since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
