Pinole Valley lost against Albany back in December of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Pinole Valley Spartans received a blow as they fell 79-64 to the Albany Cougars. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 512th, while the Cougars are ranked 184th).
| 01/21/25 @ Albany | 28 |
| 01/20/25 @ San Lorenzo | 16 |
| 01/09/25 vs El Cerrito | 19 |
| 01/07/25 vs Bethel | 24 |
Despite the loss, Pinole Valley still got an impressive performance from Ahmari Otis, who went 7 for 13 en route to 28 points. Otis' evening made it four games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. Jaylin Reed was another key player, putting up 16 points in addition to six boards and three steals.
Pinole Valley's defeat dropped their record down to 8-12. As for Albany, the victory was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 14-4.
Pinole Valley will challenge Saint Mary's at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. One thing working in Saint Mary's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last four games. Albany has already played their next match (against St. Patrick-St. Vincent), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
