The Manual Thunderbolts will take on the DSST: Cedar Falcons in a tournament on Tuesday. Manual knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past four matches -- so hopefully DSST: Cedar likes a good challenge.
Manual saw some tournament action on Thursday. They fell just short of Regis Groff by a score of 73-71. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Tuesday (60), the Thunderbolts still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, DSST: Cedar lost to DSST: Conservatory Green on the road by a 72-55 margin on Thursday. The Falcons were down 61-40 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Manual will have to contain Tristin Aragon as he made an impact in DSST: Cedar's last game. He went 6-for-7 en route to 13 points and five rebounds. Another player making a difference was Isaac Jaquette, who posted 12 points.
Even though they lost, DSST: Cedar smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 23 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least nine offensive rebounds in 12 consecutive contests.
Manual's defeat dropped their record down to 13-8. As for DSST: Cedar, their loss dropped their record down to 11-11.
Manual came up short against DSST: Cedar in their previous matchup back in January, falling 68-62. Can Manual avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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