This season hasn't been kind to the Roma Gladiators, who are still winless after their seventh contest. They took a 54-49 hit to the loss column at the hands of Pearsall.
Leading Pearsall to victory were Jeremy Rodriguez and Xavier Rendon. Rodriguez scored 12 points along with 5 assists and 5 rebounds, while Rendon scored 24 points along with 6 rebounds and 3 steals. The matchup was Rendon's 12th in a row with at least ten points. Elijah Luna was another key contributor, scoring 5 points along with 5 rebounds.
Roma's defeat dropped their record down to 0-7. As for Pearsall, the victory makes it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 6-7.
Roma will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against Pioneer at 7:30 p.m. Hopefully Pioneer focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 15 on Saturday. Pearsall's road trip will continue as they head out to face King at 11:00 a.m. on December 2nd.
