Basketball Recap: Heritage Preparatory Takes a Loss

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Heritage Preparatory can now relate to. They lost 61-41 to the Heritage Hawks on Wednesday. The Rams haven't had much luck with the Hawks recently, as the team has come up short the last three times they've met.

Drew Fisher

Rebounds

02/12/25 @ Heritage	8
02/11/25 vs St. Mary's Academy	13
02/07/25 vs St. Mary's Academy	13
02/05/25 vs Holy Spirit Prep	10
02/01/25 vs Rock Springs Christian Academy	19

When it comes to explaining why Heritage Preparatory lost, don't look at Drew Fisher. Despite the final result, he went 7-for-15 on his way to 14 points and eight boards. Fisher has been hot, having posted eight or more rebounds the last five times he's played. Another player making a difference was Jack Susong, who posted five points and 12 boards.

Leading Heritage to victory were Jaxson Dragg and MaKari Townsend. Dragg went 6-for-8 from beyond the arc en route to 20 points and four steals, while Townsend dropped a double-double with 15 points and ten rebounds. What's more, Dragg also posted a 70% field goal percentage, which is the highest he's achieved since back in November of 2024. Carter Gates was another key player, putting up six points and five assists.

Heritage Preparatory's loss dropped their record down to 10-8. As for Heritage, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 14 of their last 15 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 20-6 record this season.

Coming up, Heritage Preparatory will challenge Gatewood at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Gatewood knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past 12 games -- so hopefully Heritage Preparatory likes a good challenge. As for Heritage, they have already played their next matchup, a 52-49 victory against Furtah Prep on the 13th.