Recap: Compass Rose Legacy Polar Bears vs. Lifegate Christian Falcons
The Compass Rose Legacy Polar Bears's recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Tuesday after their fourth straight defeat. They took a hard 46-29 fall against Lifegate Christian. While losing is never fun, Compass Rose Legacy can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1551st, while Lifegate Christian is ranked 700th).
Compass Rose Legacy's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Alyssa Frausto, who scored 24 points, and Angela Ruiz who scored four points along with nine rebounds and four blocks. That was a full 82.8% of Compass Rose Legacy's points, marking the sixth time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points.
Compass Rose Legacy struggled to work together and finished the game with only two assists. They were crushed by their opponents in that department as Lifegate Christian racked up 14 assists.
Lifegate Christian was led to victory by Sharla Maples and Lexi Crow. Maples scored five points along with 13 rebounds and six assists, while Crow dropped a double-double on 18 points and 19 rebounds. Maples has been hot recently, having posted four or more steals the last ten times she's played. Kylie Maples was another key contributor, scoring seven points along with 12 rebounds and two steals.
Compass Rose Legacy's loss was their fourth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 2-9. Those losses could be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they only averaged 20.5 points per game. As for Lifegate Christian, the win was the 13th in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 22-1.
Compass Rose Legacy will head out on the road to take on Founders Classical Academy at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Hopefully Founders Classical Academy focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 31 on Tuesday. Lifegate Christian does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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