Otay Ranch has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will take on the Bishop Montgomery Knights in a holiday battle at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday at. Hopefully Otay Ranch focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 16 on Saturday.
On Saturday, Otay Ranch was beaten by Valley Christian 83-51. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest points Otay Ranch has scored all season.
Defeat or not, Otay Ranch got some senior leadership from Percy Whittaker who scored 18 points along with six rebounds and Dion Harvey who scored ten points along with eight rebounds. The match was Whittaker 's ninth in a row with at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Dylan Yates , who scored four points along with six rebounds.
Otay Ranch struggled to get the ball back on offense and finished the game with only three offensive rebounds. That's the fewest offensive rebounds they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Bishop Montgomery escaped with a win on December 2nd against Long Beach Poly by the margin of a single free throw, 47-46. Given Bishop Montgomery's advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 96th, while Long Beach Poly is ranked 253rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Otay Ranch's defeat dropped their record down to 3-6. As for Bishop Montgomery, their victory bumped their record up to 6-1.
