It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the Mater Dei Monarchs can now relate to. They took a 80-76 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Mustangs. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Tuesday (59), Mater Dei still had to take the loss.
Despite the loss, Mater Dei still got an impressive performance from Brandon Benjamin, who dropped a double-double on 22 points and 16 rebounds. Benjamin is on a roll when it comes to rebounds, as he's now pulled down eight or more in the last four games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Luke Barnett, who scored 16 points along with five rebounds.
Mater Dei are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 26-5. As for Roosevelt, the win was the 12th in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 30-2.
Mater Dei does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Roosevelt also has no future games currently scheduled.
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