It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the Imperial Tigers can now relate to. They took a 77-68 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Marauders on Saturday. Imperial's loss signaled the end of their seven-game winning streak.
Despite the loss, Imperial still got an impressive performance from David Scariano, who dropped a double-double on 31 points and 13 rebounds. Scariano hasn't dropped below nine rebounds for six straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Jared Nixon, who dropped a double-double on 12 points and 14 rebounds.
Imperial struggled to work together and finished the game with only four assists. They were crushed by their opponents in that department as Mira Mesa racked up 14 assists.
Mira Mesa was led to victory by Che Lesperance and Diego Ortiz. Lesperance scored 17 points along with five assists and five rebounds, while Ortiz scored 32 points. That makes it three consecutive games in which Ortiz has scored at least a third of Mira Mesa's points. Roan Kangleon was another key contributor, scoring seven points along with seven rebounds.
Imperial's loss dropped their record down to 14-16. As for Mira Mesa, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 21-9 record this season.
Imperial does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Mira Mesa's road trip will continue as they head out to face Olympian at 7:00 p.m. on February 20th. Averaging 67.18 points so far this season, Olympian's high-powered offense has been in full-swing lately, so Mira Mesa better be ready for a challenge.
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