The Carlmont Scots will take on the Aragon Dons at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Given that both suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Last Friday, Carlmont came up short against Menlo-Atherton and fell 52-39. While losing is never fun, the Scots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 407th, while the Bears are ranked 154th).
Carlmont's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Willow Ishibashi-To, who posted seven points along with five rebounds and three steals, and Sky Yee, who scored 14 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Emily Monteforte, who earned four points.
Even though they lost, Carlmont smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 13 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least ten offensive boards in five consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 69-31, which was the final score in Aragon's tilt against Mills on Friday. The Dons were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 32-12.
Aragon has been struggling recently as they've lost six of their last eight games, which put a noticeable dent in their 7-14 record this season. As for Carlmont, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-11.
Carlmont was able to grind out a solid victory over Aragon in their previous matchup back in January, winning 56-46. Will Carlmont repeat their success, or does Aragon have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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