It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the Del Mar Dons can now relate to. They took a 52-40 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Mariners on Tuesday.
Despite the loss, Del Mar still got an impressive performance from Zoey Hinkle, who dropped a double-double on 17 points and 21 rebounds. Hinkle hasn't dropped below nine rebounds for ten straight games. Another player making a difference was Arseama Kibrom, who scored eight points along with nine rebounds and two steals.
Even though they lost, Del Mar smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 17 offensive rebounds. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Aptos only pulled down six offensive rebounds.
Gabby Wickham was her usual excellent self, scoring 27 points along with six rebounds for Aptos. The team also got some help courtesy of Berkeley Ashby, who almost dropped a double-double on nine points and 12 rebounds.
Del Mar's defeat dropped their record down to 17-10. As for Aptos, the win was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 19-8.
Del Mar does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Aptos, they will take on Mills at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Hopefully Aptos focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up nine on Tuesday.
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