The Rancho Alamitos Vaqueros will venture away from home to take on the Savanna Rebels at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Rancho Alamitos is coming into the game on a three-game losing streak.
Last Friday, Rancho Alamitos didn't have quite enough to beat Santiago and fell 54-52. That's two games in a row now that the Vaqueros have lost by exactly two points.
Meanwhile, Savanna strolled past Los Amigos with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 64-47. The Rebels pushed the score to 48-27 by the end of the third, a deficit the Lobos cut but never quite recovered from.
Savanna's win came from a few key players Rancho Alamitos will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Mathys Rudel, who posted eight points in addition to 25 boards and four steals. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rebounds. Another player making a difference was James Lee, who went 8 of 14 on his way to 19 points and four steals.
Savanna smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 19 offensive rebounds. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 4.9 offensive boards per game earlier this season, but in their last 15 matchups they've averaged 16.4.
Savanna is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-8 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 69.3 points per game. As for Rancho Alamitos, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-18.
Rancho Alamitos strolled past Savanna in their previous matchup back in January by a score of 70-53. The rematch might be a little tougher for Rancho Alamitos since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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