It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Alchesay can now relate to. They lost 58-36 to the Palo Verde Titans on Tuesday. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest defeat the Falcons have suffered since January 7th.
Several Falcons players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Texas James, who posted seven points and five boards. Another player making a difference was Keiron Duncan, who scored seven points.
Palo Verde got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Rashad Ortiz out in front who went 5-for-9 to rack up 17 points and four steals. The dominant performance gave Ortiz a new career-high in steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Adrian Powers, who almost dropped a double-double with nine points and nine rebounds.
Alchesay's loss was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 21-11. As for Palo Verde, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 22-5 record this season.
Alchesay does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Palo Verde, they will face off against ALA - Ironwood at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. Palo Verde is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 70.1 points per game this season.
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