The Pacific Pirates will venture away from home to square off against the Entrepreneur Panthers at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Pacific has now lost nine straight, leaving the team hunting for their first win since November 19.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 77-45, which was the final score in Pacific's tilt against Redlands on Thursday.
Pacific might have lost, but man, Maurice Fitzgerald was a machine: he dropped a double-double on 19 points and 16 rebounds. That was a full 42.2% of Pacific's points, marking the sixth time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points. Francisco Garcia was another key player, going 5 for 11 on his way to 15 points and three steals.
Even though they lost, Pacific smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 22 offensive rebounds. That's the most offensive boards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Entrepreneur was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their seventh straight loss. They came up short against Miller, falling 61-35. The game marked the Panthers' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Pacific's defeat dropped their record down to 1-9. As for Entrepreneur, their loss dropped their record down to 0-7.
Everything went Pacific's way against Entrepreneur when the teams last played back in November of 2023, as Pacific made off with a 64-42 win. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Entrepreneur's Uriel Martinez, who went 11 of 20 on his way to 22 points and five rebounds. Now that he won't be playing on Tuesday, will it be easier for Pacific to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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