The Rancho Cucamonga Cougars and the Ironwood Eagles will round out the year against one another at at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Rancho Cucamonga knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past 14 matches -- so hopefully Ironwood likes a good challenge.
Rancho Cucamonga's tournament run continued when they took on Long Beach Poly last Saturday. Rancho Cucamonga escaped with a win against Long Beach Poly by the margin of a single free throw, 83-82. Given the Cougars' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 46th, while the Jackrabbits are ranked 156th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Ironwood put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They walked away with a 60-50 win over Fossil Ridge. The 60-point effort marked the Eagles' lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Rancho Cucamonga better keep an eye on Kory Head-Holbrook. He was instrumental in Ironwood's win, going 9 for 11 on his way to 21 points in addition to eight boards and three steals. The team also got some help courtesy of I'Yar Shadowvine, who posted 12 points along with seven assists and five boards.
Ironwood pushed their record up to 6-0 with the victory, which was their 16th straight at home dating back to last season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 31.1 points. As for Rancho Cucamonga, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4 record this season.
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