Rancho Buena Vista hasn't had much luck against Torrey Pines recently, but that could start to change on Wednesday. The Rancho Buena Vista Longhorns will challenge the Torrey Pines Falcons at 7:00 p.m. That matchup will pit two of the most dominant guards against one another: CJ Aldrich and Cody Shen.
Rancho Buena Vista is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Carlsbad on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Rancho Buena Vista was beaten by Carlsbad 91-51. While losing is never fun, the Longhorns can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 199th, while the Lancers are ranked 26th).
Meanwhile, Torrey Pines waltzed into their game on Friday with ten straight wins... but they left with 11. They claimed a resounding 69-33 victory over the Wildcats. The Falcons pushed the score to 45-17 by the end of the third, a deficit the Wildcats had little chance of recovering from.
Rancho Buena Vista better focus on containing Zain Mehio and Shen as the pair were huge in Torrey Pines' win. Mehio went 5 for 7 on his way to 12 points in addition to six boards and five assists, while Shen went 7 of 13 en route to 20 points and five rebounds. The matchup was Shen's third in a row with at least 16 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Chase Rogowski, who posted eight points and five rebounds.
Torrey Pines' win was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 21-5. As for Rancho Buena Vista, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 14-12.
Rancho Buena Vista couldn't quite finish off Torrey Pines in their previous meeting last Wednesday and fell 57-55. Can Rancho Buena Vista avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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