Agoura was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their eighth straight loss dating back to last season. They fell 60-52 to the Shalhevet Firehawks. While losing is never fun, the Chargers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 287th, while the Firehawks are ranked 44th).
Several Chargers players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Ahmad Razaqi, who went 5 for 9 en route to 14 points plus six rebounds. The dominant performance also gave Razaqi a new career-high in assists (four). Another player making a difference was Mathis Simonet, who earned nine points plus eight rebounds and two blocks.
Agoura's defeat dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Shalhevet, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season.
Agoura has already played their next contest, a 67-66 win against Valencia on the 30th. As for Shalhevet, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 69-42 victory against St. Genevieve on the 2nd.
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