The Morro Bay Pirates won the last time they faced the San Luis Obispo Classical Academy Grizzlies, and things went their way on Monday too. Morro Bay narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past San Luis Obispo Classical Academy 56-54. The win made it back-to-back wins for Morro Bay.
Morro Bay got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Jonas Smith out in front who scored 11 points along with seven rebounds. Those 11 points set a new season-high mark for him. The team also got some help courtesy of Jake Falat, who dropped a double-double on 15 points and ten rebounds.
Morro Bay now has a winning record of 6-5. As for San Luis Obispo Classical Academy, they now have a losing record at 7-8.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Morro Bay will square off against Nipomo at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Nipomo and Morro Bay are at an even 5-5 over their past ten head-to-heads. San Luis Obispo Classical Academy won't have much time to rest: their next game is against Maricopa at 5:00 p.m. on December 19th. Hopefully Maricopa focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up ten last Thursday.
