Pioneer has gone 8-2 against Roma recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Pioneer Diamondbacks will be playing in front of their home fans against the Roma Gladiators at 7:30 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Pioneer will head into Saturday's match out to bounce back: they won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Saturday. They lost 65-40 to Edinburg. The Diamondbacks haven't had much luck with the Bobcats recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Pioneer's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Muhamed Shaath, who went 9 for 17 en route to 21 points plus eight rebounds, and Dustin Duty, who scored eight points in addition to eight rebounds and two blocks. The dominant performance also gave Shaath a new career-high in offensive rebounds (six). Another player making a difference was Damian Gonzalez, who had five points.
Meanwhile, Roma was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat dating back to last season. They received a blow as they fell 50-35 to Presidio. That's two games in a row now that the Gladiators have lost by exactly 15 points.
Pioneer now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Roma, their loss dropped their record down to 0-6.
Pioneer strolled past Roma when the teams last played back in December of 2023 by a score of 53-38. Does Pioneer have another victory up their sleeve, or will Roma turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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