Basketball Recap: Mt. St. Michael Academy Comes Up Short

Mt. St. Michael Academy was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their sixth straight loss. They took a 69-51 bruising from the Archbishop Stepinac Crusaders. While losing is never fun, the Mountaineers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New York basketball rankings (they are ranked 378th, while the Crusaders are ranked first).

Archbishop Stepinac's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Darius Ratliff, who dropped a double-double on 19 points and 18 boards. The dominant performance gave Ratliff a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Danny Carbuccia, who dropped a double-double on 15 points and ten assists.

Mt. St. Michael Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 1-6. As for Archbishop Stepinac, the victory was the fifth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 10-3.

Mt. St. Michael Academy has already played their next match (against Cardinal Hayes), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Archbishop Stepinac wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next game, an 80-60 win against Xaverian on the 15th.