It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact La Mirada can now relate to. They came up short against the Harvard-Westlake Wolverines on Wednesday, falling 73-52. While losing is never fun, the Matadores can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' national basketball rankings (they are ranked 27th, while the Wolverines are ranked second).
Several Matadores players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Julien Gomez, who went 6-for-11 on his way to 14 points. The team also got some help courtesy of MJ Smith, who posted ten points.
La Mirada's loss dropped their record down to 24-5. As for Harvard-Westlake, they pushed their record up to 28-1 with the win, which was their 19th straight at home dating back to last season.
La Mirada didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 71-65 defeat against Notre Dame (SO) on the 14th. As for Harvard-Westlake, they will host JSerra Catholic at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. One thing working in Harvard-Westlake's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last 19 games.
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