It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the El Paso Tigers can now relate to. They were dealt a 105-14 defeat at the hands of the Plainsmen on Friday. El Paso's loss signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.
Leading Monterey to victory were Ambrosia Cole and Aaliyah Chavez. Cole scored 29 points along with eight rebounds and two steals, while Chavez shot 5-for-10 from deep and almost dropped a double-double on 37 points and nine steals. Chavez has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last ten times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Zaniyah Wilkerson, who scored four points along with six steals.
El Paso's loss dropped their record down to 24-10. As for Monterey, they are on a roll lately: they've won 25 of their last 26 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 31-5 record this season.
El Paso does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Monterey is on the road again on Monday and plays Amarillo at 6:00 p.m. on February 19th. Monterey is also coming in off of a big victory, so somebody is in for a big reversal of fortune.
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