Americas entered their game against Ysleta on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Americas Trail Blazers fell 66-53 to the Ysleta Indians. The Trail Blazers' loss signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
Several Trail Blazers players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was COBY HELPLEY, who earned eight points in addition to six assists and four steals. HELPLEY has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last three times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of JOSH PICHARDO, who scored 17 points along with five rebounds.
Even though they lost, Americas smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 13 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive rebounds in four consecutive matchups.
Americas' defeat dropped their record down to 3-2. As for Ysleta, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 4-1.
Americas won't have much time to rest: their next match is against Da Vinci at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Americas is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 52.6 points per game this season. As for Ysleta, they and Horizon will face off at 11:30 p.m. on Saturday without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Ysleta is facing Horizon at the right time seeing as Horizon is stuck on a four-game losing streak.
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