Tess Whittet
Staff Writer
Redondo blocked all of Costa’s chances to win the game.
Mira Costa’s boys basketball team fell to Redondo High School 54-68 at a home game on Tuesday. The top players were senior point guard Brandon Chan and junior shooting guard Bobby Barkley.
Photos: Senior Braddon Chan brings the ball up the court after Redondo scored.
“The team competed very hard tonight. We had some guys that we didn’t play a lot in the first half that came out and made some great plays,” Costa coach Jeff Amaral said.
Costa started out the game with lots of energy, tying Redondo 7-7 by the middle of the first quarter. Costa slowly fell behind, ending the first quarter down 15-7. According to Barkley, the team played really hard against them.
Photos: Senior Jonas Pittman starts off the game with the tip off getting Costa the ball.
“We came out of the gates with a lot of energy and I think we can build up off of that,” Chan said.
The Mustangs continued to fall behind in the second quarter 10-24. Redondo advansed on, causing Costa to be down 19-36 at the end of the first half. According to senior guard Ryan White, the team needed to box out more and work on defense.
“We can improve on finding where the shooters are and getting to the rim more than just shooting threes,” sophomore guard Aaron Strings said.
Redondo came out in the third quarter strong with a three pointer, making the score 19-39. The Mustangs reacted with two three pointers made by senior guards Jackson Weaver and Ryan White. Costa slowly improved their play but still ended the quarter down 33-55.
“I think we really moved the ball well and we were able to knock down shots in the second half since we were focusing more in the locker room and had more prep which let us have a better game,” junior shooting guard Morgan Clark said.
The Mustangs came out strong in the last quarter with two baskets and a three pointer, making them only down by 12 points. Costa was able to slowly catch back up with the decline of points made by Redondo. Costa ultimately lost the game 54-68.
“I think we played well but we didn’t execute on offense all the time and on defense they just got away with the game in the end,” Strings said.
Costa, now 10-9 overall and 1-3 in Bay League, will next play Peninsula on Friday at Costa. According to Barkley, the team will play really well next game considered how it had really hard competition this game.
“I think if we springboard off this game then we will get a lot better and we can compete in the next game,” Clark said.
Boys varsity basketball teams falls to Redondo at home on Jan. 24th.
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