Basketball Recap: Alliance Marine-Innovation & Technology Takes a Tough Playoff Loss

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Alliance Marine-Innovation & Technology can now relate to. They fell 60-49 to the Animo Watts Warriors on Thursday.

It was another big night for Johntae Forshae, who went 6-for-11 on his way to 17 points in addition to eight steals and seven assists for Animo Watts. Forshae is crushing it when it comes to steals: he's grabbed at least two every time he's taken the court this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Jaydin Smith, who dropped a double-double with 14 points and 14 rebounds.

Alliance Marine-Innovation & Technology's loss dropped their record down to 13-5. As for Animo Watts, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games. That's provided a nice bump to their 15-3 record this season.

Alliance Marine-Innovation & Technology does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Animo Watts, they will head out to challenge Stern at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Stern sitting on 15 straight victories and Animo Watts on four.