Pierce lost against Durham back in January and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Pierce Bears took a 49-35 bruising from the Durham Trojans. While losing is never fun, the Bears can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 1117th, while the Trojans are ranked 341st).
Pierce's loss came despite a true team effort with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Calvin Bair, who dropped a double-double with 12 points and 13 boards. Gavin Guynn was another key player, putting up 14 points along with five rebounds and three steals.
This is the second loss in a row for Pierce and nudges their season record down to 10-17. As for Durham, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 16 of their last 17 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 22-4 record this season.
Coming up, Pierce will look to defend their home court on Friday against East Nicolaus at 7:00 p.m. East Nicolaus will roll in looking for their fourth straight win, something Pierce surely won't give up without a fight. Durham has already played their next match (against Biggs), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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