Upper Lake managed to keep up with Middletown until halftime on Tuesday, but things quickly went downhill from there. The Upper Lake Cougars came up short against the Middletown Mustangs, falling 62-39. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 1133rd, while the Mustangs are ranked 465th).
Upper Lake has also traveled a rocky road recently having lost six of their last seven matches, which has put a noticeable dent in their 6-12 record this season. As for Middletown, the victory (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 19-6.
Coming up, Upper Lake will head out to square off against St. Helena at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. As for Middletown, they and Clear Lake will face off at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday without much rest having both just played.
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