After flying high against Amador Valley last Friday, Granada came back down to earth. The Granada Matadors were beaten by the California Grizzlies 83-32 on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, the Matadors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 447th, while the Grizzlies are ranked 71st).
Trinity Chu was her usual excellent self, putting up 15 points and seven steals for California. Chu is becoming a predictor of California's success: when she posts at least three steals the team is 9-3 (and 3-4 when she doesn't). Another player making a difference was Lauren Yee, who went 7 of 9 en route to 17 points.
Granada's loss dropped their record down to 8-13. As for California, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 12-7 record this season.
Granada will square off against Mission San Jose at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Mission San Jose will roll in looking for their fourth straight victory, something Granada surely won't give up without a fight. As for California, they will venture away from home to challenge San Ramon Valley at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. California is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 57.2 points per game this season.
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