Basketball Recap: Mt. St. Michael Academy Takes a Loss

Mt. St. Michael Academy was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They fell 71-60 to 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 327th, while the Crusaders are ranked first).

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Archbishop Stepinac to victory, but perhaps none more so than Adonis Ratliff, who dropped a double-double on 16 points and 12 rebounds. The dominant performance also gave Ratliff a new career-high in assists (five). Jasiah Jervis was another key player, going 8 for 13 en route to 18 points and five boards.

Mt. St. Michael Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 2-11. As for Archbishop Stepinac, the victory was the 12th in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 17-3.

Mt. St. Michael Academy has already played their next match (against Xaverian), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Archbishop Stepinac has already played their next game, a 68-55 win against Nazareth on the 2nd.