Preview: Manual Thunderbolts vs. William Smith Eagles
The Manual Thunderbolts will be playing at home against the William Smith Eagles at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Manual pushed their score all the way to 61 on Thursday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They ended up on the wrong side of a tough 81-61 walloping at the hands of Peak to Peak. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Tuesday (56), Manual still had to take the loss.
The match pitted two dominant forwards against one another in Deshawn Fox and Elijah Eschmeyer. Eschmeyer had a great game and scored 16 points along with eight rebounds and six blocks. Meanwhile, Fox was balling out in the loss, scoring 23 points along with six rebounds.
Meanwhile, William Smith's recent rough patch got a bit rougher last Friday after their ninth straight loss. They were outmatched by DSST: Green Valley Ranch on the road and fell 109-34. William Smith was in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 87-17.
William Smith might have lost, but man, Franciso "Pancho" Ortiz was a machine: he scored 22 points.
Manual has been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 13-6 record this season. As for William Smith, their loss was their fifth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 1-10.
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