Basketball Recap: Terra Nova Takes a Loss

It was a proper cat-fight when Terra Nova duked it out withLos Gatos on Monday. The Terra Nova Tigers lost to the Los Gatos Wildcats at home by a 71-56 margin. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 538th, while the Wildcats are ranked 149th).

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Los Gatos to victory, but perhaps none more so than Scotty Brennan, who went 9 of 14 on his way to 23 points and five boards. With that strong performance, Brennan is now averaging an impressive 15.1 points per game. Another player making a difference was Osha Moloney, who went 6 for 9 en route to 17 points.

This is the second loss in a row for Terra Nova and nudges their season record down to 10-9. As for Los Gatos, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 15-5.

Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Terra Nova will head out to challenge Mills at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. That game will pit two of the most dominant guards against one another: Jefriel Bacorro and Kai Gieraths. As for Los Gatos, they are taking a road trip to face off against Mountain View at 7:45 p.m. on Friday.