The Mt. Carmel Sundevils's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Rancho Buena Vista Longhorns at 7:00 p.m. on February 17th. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard on Saturday.
With a playoff game on the line, Mt. Carmel rose to the challenge on Wednesday. They walked away with a 73-62 victory over the Patriots.
Gianni Bernabe and Raymond Hourani were among the main playmakers for Mt. Carmel as the former dropped a double-double on 16 points and ten assists and the latter scored 25 points along with seven rebounds and two blocks. Hourani has been hot recently, having posted 15 or more points the last five times he's played. Another player making a difference was Makai Orje, who scored seven points along with six assists.
Meanwhile, a well-balanced attack led Rancho Buena Vista over Calexico in every quarter on their way to victory on Wednesday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Rancho Buena Vista blew Calexico out of the water with a 87-52 final score. Given Rancho Buena Vista's advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 129th, while Calexico is ranked 774th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Mt. Carmel has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-12 record this season. As for Rancho Buena Vista, their win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 22-7.
Mt. Carmel ended up a good deal behind Rancho Buena Vista in their previous meeting last Tuesday, losing 73-57. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Rancho Buena Vista's Cj Aldrich, who scored 25 points along with eight rebounds and six steals. Now that Mt. Carmel knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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