It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the Cesar Chavez Champions can now relate to. They fell 69-58 to the Pumas on Tuesday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Saturday (55), Cesar Chavez still had to take the loss.
Despite the defeat, Cesar Chavez saw an underclassman step up: Alex Ballard scored 19 points along with five rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Ballard has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Lakeisha Robinson, who scored nine points.
Cesar Chavez struggled to get the ball back on offense and finished the game with only three offensive rebounds. That's the fewest offensive rebounds they've managed all season.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Perry to victory, but perhaps none more so than Bella Burcar, who scored 16 points along with six rebounds. Burcar is on a roll when it comes to points, as she's now scored 16 or more in the last three games she's played. Novelle Mcquiston was another key contributor, scoring 23 points along with seven rebounds.
Cesar Chavez's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 20-6. As for Perry, the victory (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 15-14.
Cesar Chavez does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Perry's road trip will continue as they head out to face O'Connor at 11:00 a.m. on March 2nd. One thing working in Perry's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last four games.
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