After flying high against Summerfield Waldorf last Saturday, Mendocino came back down to earth. The Mendocino Cardinals lost 76-56 to the Point Arena Pirates on Tuesday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Saturday (55), the Cardinals still had to take the loss.
Fernando Lopez continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Point Arena, shooting 5-for-9 from deep and dropping a double-double on 32 points and 11 boards. Another player making a difference was Tosh Mouton, who dropped a double-double on 12 points and 12 boards.
Mendocino's defeat dropped their record down to 6-4. As for Point Arena, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2 record this season.
Mendocino will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Potter Valley at 8:00 p.m. on January 7, 2025. Point Arena will take on Technology in a holiday battle at at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Point Arena is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 56.4 points per game this season.
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