Pan-American was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They took a blow against the Empower College Prep Wolf, falling 67-32. While losing is never fun, Pan-American can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arizona basketball rankings (they are ranked 215th, while Empower College Prep is ranked 90th).
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Empower College Prep to victory, but perhaps none more so than Mawien Kual, who posted 12 points along with seven steals and six rebounds. Empower College Prep is 7-1 when Kual posts three or more steals, but 3-4 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Edger Gastelum, who earned 11 points and seven boards.
Pan-American's loss dropped their record down to 4-10. As for Empower College Prep, the win was the seventh in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 10-5.
While Pan-American had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.
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