If the St. Vincent de Paul Mustangs were riding high off their 50-26 takedown of the Elsie Allen Lobos last Friday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. St. Vincent de Paul fell 48-41 to Ukiah on Tuesday. St. Vincent de Paul has not had much luck with Ukiah recently, as the team's come up short the last eight times they've met.
Ukiah got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Emery Mathis out in front who scored 15 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Tony Zacarias, who scored 16 points along with five steals.
St. Vincent de Paul's loss ended a eight-game streak of away wins and brought them to 19-3. As for Ukiah, the win (which was their seventh in a row) raised their record to 18-5.
St. Vincent de Paul will be playing in front of their home fans against Healdsburg at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday. Healdsburg is hoping to put an end to a five-game streak of away losses. As for Ukiah, they will head out on the road to take on Rancho Cotate at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Rancho Cotate 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 678th, while Ukiah is ranked 181st).
