If Sunset wanted to avenge their loss from the last time they played TERRA Environmental, they should've done a better job of containing Nick Merlo. TERRA Environmental strolled past the Sunset Knights with points to spare on Tuesday, taking the game 71-52 thanks in part to Merlo, who went 12 for 18 on his way to 28 points along with seven rebounds and six assists. That makes it three consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of TERRA Environmental's points.
Paul Fabian
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The team also got some help courtesy of Paul Fabian, who went 8 of 13 en route to 17 points and five boards. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in assists (four).
Sunset's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Jonathan Clarke, who almost dropped a double-double on 17 points and nine rebounds, and Brandon Luis, who went 7 for 16 on his way to 18 points. The match was Luis' tenth in a row with at least ten points.
TERRA Environmental is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a massive bump to their 7-5 record this season. As for Sunset, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 6-6.
TERRA Environmental has already played their next game (against Mourning), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Sunset will host Archimedean at 7:30 p.m. on January 21st.
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