It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but the Santa Rosa Lions had no problem doing just that on Saturday. They walked away with a 71-62 victory over the Lobos. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Despite the loss, Escalante still got an impressive performance from Luka Torrez, who dropped a double-double on 26 points and 12 rebounds. Torrez is on a roll when it comes to steals, as he's now grabbed two or more in the last 15 games he's played. Greysen Horan was another key contributor, scoring eight points along with eight rebounds.
Santa Rosa is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 21-8 record this season. As for Escalante, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 19-10.
Santa Rosa will face off against Academy for Technology and The Classics at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Santa Rosa has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last four games. Escalante does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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