It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Argonaut had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. They came out on top against the Fortune Early College Panthers by a score of 75-64. For the Mustangs, this counts as revenge for the 74-53 win the Panthers walked away with the last time they faced one another back in December of 2023.
Mariano Lopez
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Leading Argonaut to victory were Mariano Lopez and Mitchell Mcmahan. Lopez dropped a double-double with 17 points and ten boards, while Mcmahan went 6-for-11 on his way to 18 points and seven rebounds. The dominant performance also gave Lopez a new career-high in assists (four). Another player making a difference was Adam Garcia, who went 5-for-9 to rack up 11 points and five rebounds.
Argonaut was working as a unit and finished the game with 18 assists. They racked up eight more assists than Fortune Early College's also-impressive total of ten.
Defeat or not, Fortune Early College got some senior leadership from Omarion Davis and Mekhi Tanner. Davis posted 22 points, while Tanner scored 18 points. Tanner's big performance that evening made it four games in a row in which he has scored at least 17 points. Kaden Bean was another key player, putting up six points.
Argonaut has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 25-6 record this season. Fortune Early College's loss ended an eight-game streak of away wins and brought them to 21-8.
Looking ahead, Argonaut will square off against Woodland Christian at 12:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Woodland Christian comes in on 17 and Argonaut on six. Fortune Early College does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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