It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact El Diamante can now relate to. They fell 54-44 to the Central Valley Christian Cavaliers on Saturday. While losing is never fun, the Miners can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 852nd, while the Cavaliers are ranked 303rd).
Caden Lloyd continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Central Valley Christian, going 6-for-11 en route to 21 points along with seven rebounds and five blocks. Lloyd has been hot for a while, having posted two or more blocks the last 30 times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Grant Hyde, who posted seven points in addition to seven boards and three steals.
El Diamante has been struggling recently as they've lost seven of their last nine matches, which has put a noticeable dent in their 10-20 record this season. As for Central Valley Christian, the victory (which was their sixth in a row) raised their record to 20-9.
El Diamante does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Central Valley Christian, they will welcome Justin Garza at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Central Valley Christian is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 54 points per game this season.
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