Uplift fought the good fight in their overtime game against Mather on Monday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell to the Mather Rangers 68-63. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (60), the Titans still had to take the loss.
Mather's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Adin Smajlovic led the charge by putting up 32 points. That makes it three consecutive games in which Smajlovic has scored at least a third of Mather's points. Jeremiah Chalwe was another key player, scoring 19 points.
This is the second loss in a row for Uplift and nudges their season record down to 15-5. As for Mather, their victory ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 11-16.
Uplift has already played their next contest (against Englewood Stem), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Mather, they will take on Northridge at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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