It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the Mars Fightin' Planets can now relate to. They took a 67-50 bruising from the Panthers on Monday. While losing is never fun, Mars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 139th, while Franklin Regional is ranked 15th).
Despite the loss, Mars still got an impressive performance from Ryan Ceh, who shot 4-for-11 from downtown and dropped a double-double on 26 points and 11 rebounds. That was a full 52% of Mars' points, marking the third time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. Ian Zukowski was another key contributor, scoring two points along with four steals.
Mars dropped their record down to 10-13 with that loss, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Franklin Regional, the win was the ninth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 20-2.
Mars does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Franklin Regional, they will take on Gateway at TBD on Thursday. Gateway has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 195 points over their last three contests.
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