The Corcoran Panthers and the Verdugo Hills Dons squared off in some playoff action on Thursday, but sadly the Corcoran Panthers had to settle for second. They were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 49-48 to the Dons.
Verdugo Hills' success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Gianmarco Figueroa led the charge by scoring 12 points along with seven rebounds and five blocks. Figueroa has been hot recently, having posted two or more blocks the last three times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Alexander Martinez, who dropped a double-double on 13 points and 12 rebounds.
Corcoran's defeat ended a nine-game streak of away wins and brought them to 28-4. As for Verdugo Hills, the victory was the eighth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 23-11.
Corcoran does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Verdugo Hills, they will stay at home for another game and welcome Buckley at 7:00 p.m. on March 2nd. Hopefully Verdugo Hills focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up six on Thursday.
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