The Pacifica Christian/Orange County Tritons are headed away from home for the first time to face off against the Douglas Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Hopefully Pacifica Christian/Orange County focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 19 on Saturday.
Pacifica Christian/Orange County is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Brentwood School on Saturday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Pacifica Christian/Orange County came up short against Brentwood School, falling 71-46. The loss was the Tritons' first of the season.
Michael Noel put forth a good effort for the losing side as he scored 13 points along with two steals. Noel is crushing it when it comes to steals: he's grabbed at least two every time he's taken the court this season. The team also got some help courtesy of EJ Spillman, who scored nine points plus five assists.
Even though they lost, Pacifica Christian/Orange County smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with ten offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive rebounds in five consecutive games dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Douglas had to kick off their season on the road on Tuesday, but they showed no ill effects. Everything went their way against McQueen as Douglas made off with a 74-50 victory.
Having lost for the first time this season, Pacifica Christian/Orange County fell to 2-1. As for Douglas, their win ended a three-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 1-0.
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