The Roybal Titans pushed their score all the way to 62 on Friday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They took a 68-62 hit to the loss column at the hands of Franklin. Roybal was given a dose of their own medicine in this game as Franklin apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played back in December of 2022.
Despite the loss, Roybal still got an impressive performance from Denzell Ingram , who scored 22 points along with 6 rebounds and 4 blocks. Ingram scored a full 35.5% of Roybal's points, the second time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Ricardo Merino, who scored 11 points along with 7 rebounds.
This is the second loss in a row for Roybal and nudges their season record down to 3-2. As for Franklin, the win was the fifth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 6-1.
Roybal will be playing at home against Belmont at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Belmont will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps California Rankings (they are ranked 763rd, while Roybal is ranked 230th). Franklin's road trip will continue as they head out to face Hollywood at 4:00 p.m. on December 4th. Hollywood is coming into the match on a three-game losing streak.
