El Rancho fought the good fight in their overtime match against Whittier on Wednesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell to the Whittier Cardinals 60-56. The Dons have struggled against the Cardinals recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive lost matchup.
| 12/28/24 vs Paramount | 14 |
| 01/22/25 vs Whittier | 22 |
| 12/30/24 vs Segerstrom | 15 |
| 01/17/25 vs Santa Fe | 14 |
| 01/03/25 @ El Monte | 14 |
Despite the loss, El Rancho still got an impressive performance from Adam Rivas, who dropped a double-double on ten points and 22 rebounds. The dominant performance gave Rivas a new career-high in boards. Another player making a difference was Andrew Morones, who posted 16 points and five rebounds.
Even though they lost, El Rancho smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 15 offensive rebounds. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 6.8 offensive boards per game earlier this season, but in their last 15 contests they've averaged 7.4.
El Rancho's loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 12-11. As for Whittier, the win (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 13-9.
Coincidentally, both will both be playing La Serna the next time they take the court. El Rancho will host La Serna at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, while Whittier will head out to face them at 5:15 p.m. on January 29th.
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