Basketball Recap: Andrew Harshbarger's Big Game Can't Quite Lead Trinity Prep over Pleasant Hill Adventist Academy

Crusaders

Previous 5 Games

02/11/25 vs Pleasant Hill Adventist Academy	60-63
02/07/25 @ North Hills Christian	70-34
02/04/25 vs Napa Christian	45-41
01/30/25 vs Pacific Union College Prep	39-74
01/28/25 @ Summerfield Waldorf	40-74

Trinity Prep easily dispatched North Hills Christian last Friday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. The Trinity Prep Crusaders fell just short of the Pleasant Hill Adventist Academy Cougars by a score of 63-60 on Tuesday. Even though they lost, the Crusaders' still made a splash on offense and bumped their average scoring up to 50.3 points per game (they're now ranked -1th in scoring overall).

Trinity Prep lost despite a true team effort on offense. The best among them was Andrew Harshbarger, who went 9-for-19 on his way to 24 points and eight boards. That was a full 40% of Trinity Prep's points, marking the third time in a row Harshbarger has posted more than a third of the team's points. David Hill was another key player, going 5-for-8 en route to 11 points and five rebounds.

Trinity Prep's loss dropped their record down to 10-8. As for Pleasant Hill Adventist Academy, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 6-8.

Trinity Prep does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Pleasant Hill Adventist Academy, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 60-41 defeat against Summerfield Waldorf on the 12th.