Boys Varsity Basketball vs Santa Ynez

December 19, 2019

Cate            12 7 17 11 – 47

Santa Ynez 13 9 8 5 – 35
Cate (8-2) explodes for a gigantic second half to walk away from Sprague Gymnasium with a hard fought 47-35 win.
We have not experienced that type of physicality this season. Santa Ynez was a well coached, hard nosed, good shooting team that led at the half 22-19.
It was our first home game of the season and our guys were excited to play in front of their friends and family so we gassed out pretty fast out of the gate. Once the adrenaline leveled off we executed well and did a much better job of taking care of the ball.
I credit Mason Oetgen ’22 and Nkemka Chukwumerije ’21 today for being our spark in defense hounding their guards. Nkemka was incredible on the glass and was able to hang in the air and draw some contact and finish well. Khadim Pouye ’20 led all scorers with 14 points and all eight of Nkemka’s points came in the 2nd half.
Santa Ynez is a very good team. They are able to go inside and out and are just flat out big. Rasmussen is a true 6’9” and his mid range game was hard to guard in the first half. In the second half we focused on trying To get them to put the ball on the floor.
We return to play January 11th against Rival Thacher in Ojai.