After flying high against Three Rivers on Saturday, Monte Alto came back down to earth. The Monte Alto Blue Devil fell 56-49 to the Odem Owls on Saturday.
When it comes to explaining why Monte Alto lost, don't look at Ricky Serrano. Despite the final result, he went 12 for 24 en route to 29 points plus three steals. That was a full 59.2% of Monte Alto's points, marking the third time in a row he's scored more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Brian Ruiz, who had ten points along with two steals.
Monte Alto has been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 9-8 record this season. Their recent woes sure aren't a result of their performance when it comes to offensive rebounds: they averaged an imposing 10.47 offensive rebounds in those games compared to only 10.47 in the others. As for Odem, their victory bumped their record up to 2-3.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Monte Alto will host Vanguard Academy Mozart at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Monte Alto is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 58.1 points per game this season. Odem has already played their next contest (against Monte Alto), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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