San Tan Charter was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their ninth straight defeat. They took a blow against the Miami Vandals, falling 67-7. While losing is never fun, the Roadrunners can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arizona basketball rankings (they are ranked 290th, while the Vandals are ranked sixth).
Miami's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Tamia Pietila, who dropped a double-double on 23 points and 11 steals. That makes it five consecutive games in which Pietila has scored at least a third of Miami's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Aeriana Brown, who went 7 of 13 en route to 15 points along with six steals and five rebounds.
San Tan Charter's loss dropped their record down to 1-12. As for Miami, the win was the 19th in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 23-1.
San Tan Charter has already played their next contest (against Lincoln Prep), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Miami will head out to face off against San Carlos at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. San Carlos is on a ten-game streak of home wins, Miami a nine-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the court.
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