The Mid-Pacific Institute Owls are ranked highly in their home state, and on Tuesday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of the Oak Ridge Pioneers. Mid-Pacific Institute was dealt a 107-35 defeat at the hands of Oak Ridge. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest points Mid-Pacific Institute has scored all season.
Mid-Pacific Institute's loss came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Logan Mason, who scored 12 points. The game was Mason's fourth in a row with at least ten points.
Mid-Pacific Institute struggled to get the ball back on offense and finished the game with only four offensive rebounds. That's the fewest offensive rebounds they've managed all season.
Mid-Pacific Institute has traveled a rocky road recently, as they've lost three of their last four matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-5 record this season. As for Oak Ridge, the victory (which was their sixth in a row) raised their record to 7-2.
Mid-Pacific Institute is on the road again on Wednesday and play against Kauai at 1:30 p.m. on December 20th. Oak Ridge will take on DeMatha in a holiday battle at 12:00 p.m. on Thursday at. DeMatha is also coming in off of a big victory, so somebody is in for a big reversal of fortune.
