Basketball Recap: Thursday's Loss Ends Jserra Catholic's Winning Streak

Lions

Previous 5 Games

01/30/25 @ Mater Dei	44-65
01/28/25 vs Orange Lutheran	66-61
01/25/25 vs Westview	68-56
01/21/25 @ Santa Margarita	73-57
01/18/25 vs St. Anthony	59-51

It was a good run, but JSerra Catholic unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak on Thursday. They came up short against the Mater Dei Monarchs, falling 65-44. While losing is never fun, the Lions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 45th, while the Monarchs are ranked first).

JSerra Catholic's loss dropped their record down to 15-10. As for Mater Dei, the win (which was their 14th in a row) raised their record to 25-2.

JSerra Catholic has already played their next matchup (against Palos Verdes), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Mater Dei is taking a road trip to square off against Orange Lutheran at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. One thing working in Mater Dei's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last 14 contests.