Pender lost against Heide Trask back in February of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Wednesday. The Pender Patriots took a 60-54 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Heide Trask Titans.
Several Patriots players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Jordan Hansley, who posted 15 points. Another player making a difference was Malcolm Driver, who earned ten points and five rebounds.
Heide Trask was led to victory by Gio Driggers and Matthias Sonne. Driggers dropped a double-double on 21 points and 20 boards, while Sonne put up 22 points. Driggers is becoming a predictor of Heide Trask's success: when he posts at least eight rebounds the team is 10-4 (and 1-5 when he doesn't). The team also got some help courtesy of Trey Paffenroth, who scored two points along with eight assists and five steals.
Pender's defeat dropped their record down to 5-9. As for Heide Trask, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a massive bump to their 11-9 record this season.
Pender has already played their next game (against Whiteville), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Heide Trask, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 76-70 victory against South Columbus on the 7th.
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