Pender lost against Heide Trask last Wednesday, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Pender Patriots fell 59-46 to the Heide Trask Titans. The Patriots have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Pender lost despite a true team effort on offense. The best among them was Ryan Howell, who posted 12 points along with seven boards and four blocks. Another player making a difference was Jordan Hansley, who had 13 points.
Leading Heide Trask to victory were Trey Paffenroth and Gio Driggers. Paffenroth went 6-for-12 en route to 15 points in addition to seven rebounds and six assists, while Driggers dropped a double-double with 18 points and ten boards. Heide Trask is 13-4 when Driggers posts eight or more rebounds, but 2-5 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Matthias Sonne, who earned 11 points.
Pender's loss dropped their record down to 6-12. As for Heide Trask, the victory was the eighth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 15-9.
Looking ahead, Pender will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against East Columbus at 6:00 p.m. Pender is facing East Columbus at the right time seeing as East Columbus is stuck on a four-game losing streak. Heide Trask does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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