Pacifica lost against Rio Mesa back in January and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Monday. The Pacifica Tritons took a 60-45 bruising from the Rio Mesa Spartans. While losing is never fun, the Tritons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 674th, while the Spartans are ranked 277th).
Pacifica's loss came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Will Jones JR., who posted 14 points. Another player making a difference was Tommy Williams, who had seven points.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Rio Mesa to victory, but perhaps none more so than Jackson Knowles, who dropped a double-double on 20 points and 20 rebounds. Knowles' evening made it seven games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of John Moreno, who dropped a double-double on 12 points and ten boards.
Pacifica has been struggling recently as they've lost five of their last six games, which put a noticeable dent in their 10-18 record this season. As for Rio Mesa, their victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 17-11.
As of now, neither Pacifica nor Rio Mesa have any future games scheduled.
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