Basketball Recap: San Mateo Proves Higher State Rank Is No Mistake

San Mateo won the last time they faced Mills and things went their way on Wednesday too. The San Mateo Bearcats walked away with a 55-42 win over the Mills Vikings. Given the Bearcats' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 295th, while the Vikings are ranked 1025th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Mills' defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Jefriel Bacorro, who went 5 of 8 on his way to 13 points, and Jessie Jimenez, who went 6 for 9 on his way to 13 points.

Bearcats

Previous 3 Games (Home)

01/08/25 vs Mills	55-42
01/04/25 vs Burlingame	49-41
12/30/24 vs Hillsdale	45-41

San Mateo pushed their record up to 8-4 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. As for Mills, their loss dropped their record down to 2-11.

San Mateo will challenge El Camino at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Mills, they will square off against Oceana at 7:45 p.m. on Friday. Mills is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 51 points per game this season.