Basketball Recap: Calvary Baptist Comes Up Short

If Calvary Baptist was feeling good fresh off their 75-49 takedown of Fremont on Friday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Cougars were dealt a 61-29 loss at the hands of the Mark Keppel Aztecs on Saturday. 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 732nd, while the Aztecs are ranked 357th).

Martin Malual

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12/13/25 vs Mark Keppel	9
12/12/25 vs Fremont	17
12/10/25 vs Holy Martyrs Armenian	9
12/09/25 vs Los Osos	10
12/06/25 vs Royal	10

Several Cougars players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Martin Malual, who posted seven points and nine rebounds. Malual has been hot, having posted nine or more boards the last five times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of David Choi, who scored six points.

Calvary Baptist's defeat dropped their record down to 6-9. As for Mark Keppel, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 6-4 record this season.

Calvary Baptist didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 58-57 win against Diamond Bar on the 16th. As for Mark Keppel, they have also already played their next matchup, a 51-48 loss against South Hills on the 18th.