Mountain Empire comes up short despite Andrew Sepulveda's strong performance

By Team Reports Feb 20, 2024, 9:20am

Recap: Mountain Empire Redhawks vs. Castle Park Trojans

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the Mountain Empire Redhawks can now relate to. They took a hard 51-35 fall against the Trojans on Wednesday. Mountain Empire has been going strong on the season, but this is now their second loss in a row.

When it comes to explaining why Mountain Empire lost, one person who can't be blamed is Andrew Sepulveda. Despite the final result, he scored 12 points along with seven rebounds and three blocks. Sepulveda has been hot recently, having posted two or more blocks the last five times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Corey Vann, who scored five points along with nine rebounds and two steals.

Mountain Empire's defeat dropped their record down to 15-8. As for Castle Park, their victory bumped their record up to 11-16.

Mountain Empire does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Castle Park, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 66-30 loss vs. Del Lago Academy on the 17th.

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