Basketball Recap: Pacific Comes Up Short

Pacific lost against Redlands back in December of 2019 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. The Pacific Pirates had to suffer through a 77-45 loss at the hands of the Redlands Terriers. The Pirates' loss continues a trend for the team, making it nine in a row.

Despite the loss, Pacific still got an impressive performance from Maurice Fitzgerald, who 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. The team also got some help courtesy of Francisco Garcia, who went 5 of 11 on his way to 15 points and three steals.

Pirates

Offensive Rebounds

12/12/24 @ Redlands	22
11/30/24 vs Twentynine Palms	13
12/05/24 vs Citrus Valley	11
12/10/24 vs Rubidoux	7
12/03/24 @ Garey	7

Even though they lost, Pacific smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 22 offensive boards. That's the most offensive rebounds they've managed all season.

Redlands was led to victory by Charlie Schadwinkel and Kallen Gragg. Schadwinkel went 8 of 19 on his way to 22 points and six rebounds, while Gragg went 8 of 14 on his way to 17 points and five rebounds. Schadwinkel's evening made it five games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Kasen Gragg, who put up eight points and six rebounds.

Pacific's defeat dropped their record down to 1-9. As for Redlands, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-5.

Pacific and Entrepreneur will compete for holiday cheer at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Pacific is facing Entrepreneur at the right time seeing as Entrepreneur is stuck on a seven-game losing streak. As for Redlands, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 49-41 loss against Arrowhead Christian on the 13th.