The Cardinal Newman Cardinals will square off against the Tamalpais Red Tailed Hawks at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday. The timing is sure in Cardinal Newman's favor as the team sits on four straight wins at home while Tamalpais has been banged up by five consecutive losses on the road.
It was a proper cat-fight when Cardinal Newman faced off against Rancho Cotate on Thursday. Cardinal Newman rang in the new year with a 60-49 win over Rancho Cotate.
Meanwhile, Tamalpais didn't have quite enough to beat Rancho Cotate on Friday and fell 59-57. While losing is never fun, the Red Tailed Hawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 796th, while the Cougars are ranked 179th).
Cardinal Newman has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-5 record this season. As for Tamalpais, their loss dropped their record down to 3-10.
Cardinal Newman came up short against Tamalpais in their previous meeting back in February of 2017, falling 60-54. Can Cardinal Newman avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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