Middle College easily dispatched Animo South Los Angeles last Friday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. The Middle College Cougars fell just short of the Horace Mann UCLA Community Panthers by a score of 62-60 on Monday. The defeat continues a trend for the Cougars in their matchups with the Panthers: they've now lost four in a row.
Horace Mann UCLA Community's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Rolando Montgomery led the charge by putting up 26 points. The dominant performance gave Montgomery a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Koree Riley, who posted 16 points.
Middle College's loss dropped their record down to 3-13. As for Horace Mann UCLA Community, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-9 record this season.
Coming up, Middle College will head out on the road to square off against Stella High Charter Academy at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Horace Mann UCLA Community does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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