California City was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They opened the new year with a less-than-successful 55-48 defeat to the Littlerock Lobos. While losing is never fun, the Ravens can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 766th, while the Lobos are ranked 303rd).
Cassius 'Hollywood' Brown
| 01/02/25 vs Littlerock | 2 |
| 12/26/24 vs Templeton | 2 |
| 12/20/24 @ Desert | 4 |
| 12/17/24 vs Rosamond | 3 |
| 12/13/24 vs Boron | 5 |
Despite the loss, California City saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Cassius 'Hollywood' Brown went 9 for 17 on his way to 23 points. Brown has been hot for a while, having also posted two or more steals the last 11 times he's played. DeShawn 'Pocket Magic' Elizalde was another key player, putting up nine points and three steals.
California City's defeat dropped their record down to 7-6. As for Littlerock, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 12-4.
It'll be Battle of the Birds when the California City Ravens duke it out with the Palmdale Falcons at 9:00 a.m. on Friday. California City is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 63.9 points per game this season. As for Littlerock, they won't have much time to rest: their next contest is against Frontier at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Frontier has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
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