Bear Creek and Merced faced off in a Battle of the Bears on Tuesday. The Bear Creek Bruins fell 60-50 to the Merced Bears. The Bruins have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Several Bruins players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Elijah Duncan, who posted 14 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Eddie Andeola, who had ten points.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Merced to victory, but perhaps none more so than Diego Aguilar, who went 9 for 13 on his way to 22 points. The dominant performance gave Aguilar a new career-high in points. Another player making a difference was Jordan Thomas, who almost dropped a double-double on nine points and nine boards.
Bear Creek's loss dropped their record down to 8-6. As for Merced, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-7 record this season.
Bear Creek didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 57-42 defeat against Atwater on the 8th. As for Merced, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next match, a 49-45 win against Enochs on the 10th.
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