Basketball Recap: Manteca Comes Up Short

Manteca lost against Central Catholic back in February of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Wednesday. The Manteca Buffaloes fell 52-41 to the Central Catholic Raiders. The Buffaloes have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Jordan Magana was his usual excellent self, going 9 for 21 on his way to 26 points for Central Catholic. That makes it three consecutive games in which Magana has scored at least a third of Central Catholic's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Brendan Carter, who posted ten points and seven boards.

Manteca's defeat dropped their record down to 10-12. As for Central Catholic, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-10 record this season.

Manteca will look to defend their home court on Friday against Mountain House at 7:30 p.m. Mountain House knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past five games -- so hopefully Manteca likes a good challenge. As for Central Catholic, they will head out to take on Patterson at 7:30 p.m. on January 29th.