After flying high against Kennedy last Saturday, Novato came back down to earth. The Novato Hornets took a 67-60 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Rancho Cotate Cougars on Saturday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Saturday (56), the Hornets still had to take the loss.
Adam Pengel continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Rancho Cotate, going 14 for 25 on his way to 37 points. The matchup was Pengel's seventh in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Decimus Shaw, who posted 14 points.
Novato's loss dropped their record down to 4-6. As for Rancho Cotate, the victory (which was their seventh in a row) raised their record to 8-1.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Novato will head out to challenge Point Arena at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. Novato knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past three games -- so hopefully Point Arena likes a good challenge. As for Rancho Cotate, they will head out on the road to face off against Petaluma at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Rancho Cotate is facing Petaluma at the right time seeing as Petaluma is stuck on a six-game losing streak.
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