If Rancho Mirage was feeling good fresh off their 77-53 takedown of Xavier Prep on Friday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Rancho Mirage Rattlers lost to the Arcadia Apaches at home by a 62-48 margin on Saturday. While losing is never fun, the Rattlers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 366th, while the Apaches are ranked 180th).
Arcadia's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Mateo Ingersoll, who went 7 of 9 en route to 17 points and eight rebounds. Ingersoll is trending in the right direction considering he's improved his point production for three straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Noa Eteuati-Edwards, who almost dropped a double-double on 14 points and nine rebounds.
Rancho Mirage's loss dropped their record down to 14-5. As for Arcadia, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 11-8.
Rancho Mirage wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next contest, a 65-39 win against La Quinta on the 13th. As for Arcadia, they will look to defend their home court on Thursday against Burbank at 6:45 p.m. Arcadia is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 60 points per game this season.
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