Basketball Recap: Pioneer Sets Scoring Season-High Against Winters

By Team Reports Dec 21, 2024, 8:16pm

Basketball Recap: Pioneer Patriots vs. Winters Warriors

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Pioneer). They took down the Winters Warriors 67-53 on Wednesday. The Patriots have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Warriors, too.

Melvir Pooni

Points

12/11/24 vs Winters29
12/04/24 vs Colusa21
12/09/24 vs Highlands16
12/05/24 vs Oroville15
12/06/24 vs Dixon11

Pioneer found their leader in sophomore Melvir Pooni, who went 11 for 19 on his way to 29 points in addition to seven rebounds and five steals. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Pooni has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Emiliano Romero, who posted nine points and five rebounds.

Winters lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Luke Felsen, who went 7 of 17 on his way to 18 points along with five rebounds and three steals. Koa Branco was another key player, going 5 of 12 on his way to 15 points and three steals.

Pioneer's record is now 3-5. As for Winters, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-2.

Pioneer didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 61-50 loss against Woodland Christian on the 12th. As for Winters, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 66-35 victory against Woodland on the 12th.

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