It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the Taft Wildcats can now relate to. They were just a bucket shy of victory on Tuesday and fell 58-57 to the Aztecs. Taft's loss signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.
Taft lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Ernie Laulu, who scored 24 points along with five rebounds and two blocks. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Laulu has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Blaine Neudorf, who dropped a double-double on 13 points and 15 rebounds.
Taft's loss dropped their record down to 20-11. As for Mendota, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 23-8 record this season.
Taft does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Mendota, they will square off against Coalinga at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Coalinga knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with flashy point totals in its past three matches -- so hopefully Mendota likes a good challenge.
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