The Skyline Spartans will challenge the Redmond Mustangs at 5:40 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Friday, Skyline blew past Renton, posting a 60-26 win. Given the Spartans' advantage in MaxPreps' Washington basketball rankings (they are ranked 87th, while the Red Hawks are ranked 282nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Redmond entered their tilt with Hazen on Friday with seven consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with eight. They put the hurt on the Highlanders with a sharp 65-40 victory. The Mustangs have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won eight matchups by 23 points or more this season.
Skyline better focus on containing Iha Kasam and Sofia Locati as the pair were huge in Redmond's win. Kasam dropped a double-double on 28 points and 11 rebounds, while Locati dropped a double-double on 22 points and 13 boards. Kasam's evening made it ten games in a row in which she has scored at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Natalie West, who posted ten points and seven boards.
Skyline is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-8 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 55.8 points per game. As for Redmond, their win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 18-1.
Skyline came up short against Redmond in their previous matchup back in January, falling 55-47. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Kasam, who went 6 for 11 from beyond the arc en route to 23 points. Now that Skyline knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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