If Santee was riding high fresh off their 87-43 takedown of West Adams last Monday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Santee Falcons fell 91-81 to the Manual Arts Toilers on Friday. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Toilers this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 92-69 back in January.
Santee lost despite a true team effort on offense. The best among them was Michael Aldridge JR, who posted 26 points and five rebounds. Darnell Miller was another key player, putting up 24 points and six boards.
It was another big night for Devin Moody, who dropped a double-double with 54 points and 21 rebounds for Manual Arts. Moody's afternoon made it 45 games in a row in which he has scored at least 16 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Julian Gonzalez, who put up 13 points.
Santee's defeat dropped their record down to 4-15. As for Manual Arts, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-9 record this season.
Coincidentally, the two teams will both be playing Jefferson the next time they take the court. Manual Arts will head out to face Jefferson at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, while Santee will head out to face them at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
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