St. Vincent de Paul lost against Rancho Cotate back in January and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. The St. Vincent de Paul Mustangs fell 56-43 to the Rancho Cotate Cougars. While losing is never fun, the Mustangs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 547th, while the Cougars are ranked 244th).
Jack Ellis
| 02/06/25 vs Rancho Cotate | 54% |
| 02/04/25 @ Piner | 50% |
| 02/01/25 @ Santa Rosa | 63% |
| 01/30/25 vs Ukiah | 50% |
| 01/28/25 vs Healdsburg | 50% |
Several Mustangs players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Jack Ellis, who went 7 for 13 to rack up 14 points and five rebounds. Ellis is also on a roll when it comes to shooting accuracy, as he's posted one of at least 45% in the last five games he's played. Roman Yusupov was another key player, putting up ten points.
Adam Pengel was his usual excellent self, going 10 of 22 on his way to 26 points and three steals for Rancho Cotate. That makes it three consecutive games in which Pengel has scored at least a third of Rancho Cotate's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Izayah Rush, who went 5 for 8 en route to 13 points and three steals.
St. Vincent de Paul's loss dropped their record down to 16-9. As for Rancho Cotate, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 20-3 record this season.
Coming up, St. Vincent de Paul will take on Averroes at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday. As for Rancho Cotate, they will face off against Sonoma Academy at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Sonoma Academy sitting on nine straight wins and Rancho Cotate on four.
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