Basketball Recap: El Rancho Dons vs. Lawndale Cardinals
El Rancho lost against Lawndale back in December of 2017, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Saturday. The El Rancho Dons lost to the Lawndale Cardinals at home by a 70-53 margin.
El Rancho's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Willliam Soria, who went 7 for 14 en route to 17 points, and John Armstrong, who went 5 for 10 en route to 14 points plus two steals. The dominant performance also gave Soria a new career-high in threes (three). Another player making a difference was Adam Rivas, who went 5 for 11 en route to 10 points plus three steals.
El Rancho dropped their record down to 2-3 with the defeat, which was their 12th straight at home dating back to last season. As for Lawndale, their win bumped their record up to 5-3.
Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. El Rancho will host Rosemead at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. El Rancho has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games. As for Lawndale, they will have some time to savor their victory since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Hawthorne at 6:30 p.m. on December 18th. Hawthorne is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 52.2 points per game this season.
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