The San Ysidro Cougars will venture away from home to challenge the Otay Ranch Mustangs at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. San Ysidro has now lost 11 straight, leaving the team hunting for their first win since December 28.
On Friday, San Ysidro was beaten by Bonita Vista 86-45. 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 1207th, while the Barons are ranked 212th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Otay Ranch). They put the hurt on Mar Vista with a sharp 90-65 victory on Wednesday. The Mustangs didn't have much to brag about two games back, but this win makes it their second in a row.
Otay Ranch's win came from a few key players San Ysidro will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Johann Omae, who went 9 of 17 on his way to 20 points and seven assists. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in assists. The team also got some help courtesy of Nyno Lopez, who went 8 for 14 to rack up 20 points.
Otay Ranch was working as a unit and finished the game with 25 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Otay Ranch's record is now 8-18. As for San Ysidro, their loss dropped their record down to 2-23.
San Ysidro was dealt a bruising 78-47 defeat at the hands of Otay Ranch in their previous matchup on Monday. Can San Ysidro avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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