It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the St. Mary's Rams can now relate to. They fell just short of the Golden Eagles by a score of 76-74. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Wednesday (67), St. Mary's still had to take the loss.
When it comes to explaining why St. Mary's lost on Friday, one person who can't be blamed is Cayden Ward. Despite the final result, he dropped a double-double on 28 points and ten rebounds. Ward hasn't dropped below eight rebounds for four straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Daniel Huerta, who scored 22 points along with five rebounds and two steals.
Del Oro was led to victory by Caden Pinnick and Jake Williams. Pinnick dropped a double-double on 22 points and ten assists, while Williams scored 32 points along with eight rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Williams has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Brenden Hawkins, who scored ten points.
St. Mary's loss dropped their record down to 21-9. As for Del Oro, the win was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 23-7.
St. Mary's does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Del Oro, they will take on Jesuit at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Jesuit will roll in looking for their 12th straight win, something Del Oro surely won't give up without a fight.
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