Basketball Recap: Audrey Mackey's Big Game Can't Quite Lead Mountain View Academy over Hawaiian Mission Academy

Mountain View Academy's tournament run continued when they took on Hawaiian Mission Academy on Saturday. The Mountain View Academy Mustangs took a 49-37 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Hawaiian Mission Academy Knights. While losing is never fun, the Mustangs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 1080th in California, while the Knights are ranked 36th in Hawaii).

Mountain View Academy lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Audrey Mackey, who posted 18 points and five rebounds. The dominant performance gave Mackey a new career-high in boards. Another player making a difference was Alexandra Pearse, who scored four points and six rebounds.

It was another big night for Kelis Tavares, who went 8 for 12 en route to 18 points along with eight boards and five steals for Hawaiian Mission Academy. The matchup was Tavares' third in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Love Gurrola, who put up six points and nine steals.

This is the second loss in a row for Mountain View Academy and nudges their season record down to 5-5. As for Hawaiian Mission Academy, their victory bumped their record up to 10-3.

Mountain View Academy has already played their next contest, a 2-0 loss against Eastside College Prep on the 30th. As for Hawaiian Mission Academy, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 40-22 win against Island Pacific Academy on the 27th.