Los Altos and Los Gatos are an even 5-5 against one another since February of 2019, but not for long. The Los Altos Eagles will be playing in front of their home fans against the Los Gatos Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Last Wednesday, Los Altos was beaten by Milpitas 73-38. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 693rd, while the Trojans are ranked 113th).
Meanwhile, Los Gatos came up short against Palo Alto on Friday and fell 57-47.
Los Altos will have to contain Scotty Brennan as he made an impact in Los Gatos' last game. He almost dropped a double-double on 15 points and nine rebounds. That's the most boards Brennan has posted since back in February of 2024. The team also got some help courtesy of Zach Otoupal, who posted six points and seven rebounds.
Even though they lost, Los Gatos smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 16 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least 11 offensive rebounds in five consecutive matchups.
Los Altos has been struggling recently as they've lost seven of their last nine games, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-10 record this season. As for Los Gatos, their loss dropped their record down to 12-5.
Los Altos was taken down by Los Gatos 57-20 when the teams last played on January 8th. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Los Altos was down 28-8.
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