St. Vincent de Paul played a tough matchup on Wednesday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They lost 62-42 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 651st, while the Cougars are ranked 219th).
| 01/22/25 @ Rancho Cotate | 9 |
| 12/28/24 vs Buhach Colony | 8 |
| 01/13/25 @ Sonoma Academy | 6 |
| 01/02/25 @ Middletown | 6 |
| 01/10/24 @ Healdsburg | 6 |
Loss or not, St. Vincent de Paul got some senior leadership from Tyler Chelew and Jacob Peralta. Chelew posted nine points and three steals, while Peralta scored nine points. The dominant performance gave Chelew a new career-high in points. Zach Dunaj also deserves some recognition as he posted his first block of the season.
Rancho Cotate had a senior duo take command as Adam Pengel went 7 of 15 en route to 20 points and Decimus Shaw went 6 for 12 on his way to 14 points and four steals. Pengel's evening made it four games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. Luke Morie was another key player, putting up four points and six rebounds.
St. Vincent de Paul is on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 11-8. As for Rancho Cotate, the win (which was their seventh in a row) raised their record to 16-2.
St. Vincent de Paul didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 60-31 victory against Elsie Allen on the 24th. As for Rancho Cotate, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 59-56 defeat against Piner on the 24th.
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