Pittsburg lost against Freedom back in January and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Pittsburg Pirates fell just short of the Freedom Falcons by a score of 65-63. While losing is never fun, the Pirates can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 563rd, while the Falcons are ranked 167th).
Pittsburg lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Jaqueline Martinez, who posted 19 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jurnee Cox, who had 17 points.
Freedom's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Eve Monzon, who went 6 of 14 on her way to 19 points and three steals. Monzon has been hot for a while, having posted two or more steals the last 15 times she's played. Another player making a difference was Ariel De La O, who dropped a double-double on 16 points and 11 boards.
This is the second loss in a row for Pittsburg and nudges their season record down to 9-13. As for Freedom, their win was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 18-6.
Pittsburg has already played their next game (against Heritage), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Freedom has also has no score uploaded for their next matchup, this one against Deer Valley.
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