It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Pine Tree Academy can now relate to. They lost 50-30 to the Rio Lindo Adventist Spartans on Thursday. The Breakers have been going strong on the season, but this is now their second defeat in a row.
Rio Lindo Adventist's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Jhordany Barcenas, who went 6 for 8 from beyond the arc en route to 26 points and seven boards. The dominant performance gave Barcenas a new career-high in points. Another player making a difference was MJ Lepulu, who dropped a double-double on 12 points and 12 rebounds.
Pine Tree Academy's loss dropped their record down to 9-5. As for Rio Lindo Adventist, the win was the sixth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 9-2.
Pine Tree Academy has already played their next matchup (against Hawaiian Mission Academy), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Rio Lindo Adventist won't have much time to rest: their next contest is against Paradise Adventist Academy at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. Rio Lindo Adventist is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 55.3 points per game this season.
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