The Americas Trail Blazers will head out to take on the Burges Mustangs at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. Hopefully Americas focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 22 on Friday.
Americas can't be to happy about their upcoming road game considering what happened when they opened their season on the away from home. They had to suffer through a 70-43 loss at the hands of Permian.
Despite the defeat, Americas had strong showings from JOSH PICHARDO, who earned 12 points plus two steals, and ETHAN SALINAS, who went 5 for 10 en route to 11 points plus seven rebounds.
Meanwhile, Burges hadn't done well against Parkland recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. Burges took down Parkland 66-52.
Anthony Rubio was nothing short of spectacular: he went 11 for 20 en route to 30 points plus eight rebounds and six steals. The matchup was his ninth in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Hayden Cordova, who scored 15 points plus seven assists and seven rebounds.
Burges smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 15 offensive rebounds. That's the most offensive rebounds they've posted since back in December of 2023.
Everything went Americas' way against Burges in their previous matchup back in November of 2022, as Americas made off with a 49-23 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Americas since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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