Basketball Recap: Caden Collins' Big Game Can't Quite Lead Great Hearts Northern Oaks over San Antonio Patriots Homeschool

If Great Hearts Northern Oaks was riding high fresh off their 78-27 takedown of Karnes City last Friday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Great Hearts Northern Oaks Griffins fell 63-55 to San Antonio Patriots HomeSchool on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, the Griffins can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 560th, while San Antonio Patriots HomeSchool are ranked 235th).

Great Hearts Northern Oaks lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Caden Collins, who went 5 of 10 on his way to 12 points and five assists. The team also got some help courtesy of Michael Glowe, who almost dropped a double-double on 14 points and nine rebounds.

Great Hearts Northern Oaks' loss dropped their record down to 11-9. As for San Antonio Patriots HomeSchool, the win was the 17th in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 24-7.

Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Great Hearts Northern Oaks will challenge Cornerstone Christian at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Cornerstone Christian will roll in looking for their 13th straight victory, something Great Hearts Northern Oaks surely won't give up without a fight. As for San Antonio Patriots HomeSchool, they will square off against San Antonio Christian at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in San Antonio Patriots HomeSchool's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last 18 games.