Basketball Recap: Lift for Life Academy Comes Up Short

Lift for Life Academy was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They were a single point away from ending the streak, but they lost a 66-65 heartbreaker at the hands of the Priory Ravens. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Saturday (57), the Hawks still had to take the loss.

Lift for Life Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 4-14. As for Priory, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-12.

Lift for Life Academy and Priory could both be facing uphill battles in their next games considering their disadvantage in the MaxPreps Missouri Rankings. Lift for Life Academy will challenge Miller Career Academy at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday down 191 places (267 vs. 76). Meanwhile, Priory (ranked 336th) will meet Lutheran North (ranked 130th) at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.