It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Mt. Eden can now relate to. They took a 52-43 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Middletown Mustangs on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, the Monarchs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 974th, while the Mustangs are ranked 284th).
Mt. Eden dropped their record down to 6-13 with the loss, which was their 11th straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Middletown, they are on a roll lately: they've won 14 of their last 15 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 21-5 record this season.
Mt. Eden does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Middletown, they will square off against Fortuna at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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