Recap: Morro Bay Pirates vs. Bakersfield Christian Eagles
It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the Morro Bay Pirates can now relate to. They were beaten by the Eagles 70-38 on Saturday. Morro Bay's loss signaled the end of their five-game winning streak.
Sara Shein continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines for Bakersfield Christian, scoring 30 points along with six steals and two blocks. That makes it three consecutive games in which Shein has scored at least a third of Bakersfield Christian's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Ava King, who dropped a double-double on ten points and 11 rebounds.
Morro Bay's loss dropped their record down to 23-7. As for Bakersfield Christian, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 16 of their last 17 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 25-7 record this season.
Morro Bay will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against Rancho Cucamonga at 6:00 p.m. Morro Bay is on a four-game streak of home wins, Rancho Cucamonga a four-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the court. Bakersfield Christian will take on Eastside at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Bakersfield Christian knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with flashy point totals in its past 12 matchups -- so hopefully Eastside likes a good challenge.
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