After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Hoover, the Point Loma Pointers were happy to have found some success on Tuesday. They snuck past Morse with a 51-47 victory. Given Point Loma's advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 503rd, while Morse is ranked 1049th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Point Loma to victory, but perhaps none more so than Grant Stewart , who scored 25 points along with nine steals. That makes it three consecutive games in which Stewart has scored at least 25% of Point Loma's points. Another player making a difference was Nick Freeman, who dropped a double-double on 12 points and 18 rebounds.
Jonathan Smith and Jayren Sunico certainly did their best on Tuesday to try and avoid the loss. Smith scored 20 points, while Sunico scored 14 points. The matchup was Smith 's fifth in a row with at least ten points.
Point Loma is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season. As for Morse, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-8.
Point Loma won't have much time to rest: their next contest is against Monte Vista at 8:00 p.m. on December 20th. Morse won't have much time to rest: their next contest is against Valhalla at 3:30 p.m. on December 20th.
