Preview: South Fork Cubs vs. Point Arena Pirates
South Fork has been on the road for seven straight, but on Thursday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Point Arena Pirates at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Saturday, South Fork ended up a good deal behind Ukiah and lost 66-50.
Meanwhile, Point Arena pushed their score all the way to 57 on Saturday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They took a 64-57 hit to the loss column at the hands of Clear Lake. Point Arena has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the most dominant came from Dauki Bechtol, who dropped a double-double on 18 points and 14 rebounds. He scored a full 31.6% of Point Arena's points, the second time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Fernando Lopez, who dropped a double-double on 19 points and 10 rebounds.
The losses dropped South Fork to 6-2 and Ukiah to 8-2.
Everything came up roses for South Fork against Point Arena in their previous meeting back in December of 2021 as the team secured a 60-24 win. Will South Fork repeat their success, or does Point Arena have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
