Mid-Pacific Institute suffered their biggest defeat since December 12th on Friday. They came up short against the Vista Panthers, falling 80-59. The loss was a bit of a surprise, as the Owls came into the contest with a sizable advantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked tenth in Hawaii, while the Panthers are ranked 344th in California).
| 12/27/24 vs Vista | 31 |
| 12/06/24 vs Radford | 29 |
| 11/21/24 vs Mililani | 26 |
| 12/22/23 vs Kaimuki | 25 |
| 12/27/23 vs Los Alamitos | 23 |
When it comes to explaining why Mid-Pacific Institute lost, don't look at Logan Mason. Despite the final result, he almost dropped a double-double on 31 points and nine boards. The dominant performance gave Mason a new career-high in points. Another player making a difference was Riley Miura, who went 6 of 9 on his way to 12 points.
Mid-Pacific Institute's loss dropped their record down to 12-6. As for Vista, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 6-4.
Mid-Pacific Institute and Bishop Manogue will face off at 3:50 p.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played. As for Vista, they won't have much time to rest: their next match is against Cypress at 8:35 p.m. on Saturday. Vista has been dominant on offense recently, having racked up an incredible 211 points over their last three games.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
