The Santa Ana Saints pushed their score all the way to 64 on Tuesday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They lost to Calvary Chapel at home by a decisive 81-64 margin. Santa Ana has not had much luck with Calvary Chapel recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.
Loss or not, Santa Ana got some senior leadership from Osten Achmad who scored 22 points and Jack Rivera who scored 20 points. Rivera scored a full 31.3% of Santa Ana's points, the ninth time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Alejandro Lopez, who scored seven points.
Santa Ana's defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 4-6. As for Calvary Chapel, they now have a winning record of 7-6.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Santa Ana will be home for the holidays to greet Costa Mesa at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Costa Mesa is coming into the contest on a three-game losing streak. Calvary Chapel will be home for the holidays to greet St. Margaret's at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. One thing working in St. Margaret's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last five matchups.
