Concord is 2-8 against College Park since February of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The Concord Bears will be playing at home against the College Park Falcons at 7:00 p.m. Concord is out to stop a four-game streak of losses at home.
Concord suffered their biggest defeat since December 12, 2023 on Thursday. They were outmatched by Miramonte at home and fell 65-26. Concord was in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 31-6.
Meanwhile, College Park came up short against Ygnacio Valley on Thursday and fell 58-48. While losing is never fun, College Park can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 482nd, while Ygnacio Valley is ranked 150th).
Loss or not, College Park got some senior leadership from Miles Smith who scored 22 points along with five rebounds and two steals and Connor Whittles who scored 17 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Deegan Sullenger, who scored no points along with six assists and two steals.
Even though they lost, College Park were working as a unit and finished the game with 13 assists. This was only their ninth loss (out of 14 games) when they've passed the ball that well.
Concord has been struggling recently, as they've lost ten of their last 11 matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-13 record this season. As for College Park, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 6-11.
Concord was dealt a bruising 69-21 defeat at the hands of College Park in their previous meeting back in December of 2022. The game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Concord was down 37-11.
