Basketball Recap: Mission College Prep Comes Up Short

Mission College Prep lost against St. Joseph back in January and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Mission College Prep Royals lost to the St. Joseph Knights on the road by a 81-63 margin. While losing is never fun, the Royals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 115th, while the Knights are ranked fifth).

Tounde Yessoufou was his usual excellent self, dropping a double-double on 30 points and 14 boards for St. Joseph. Yessoufou's evening made it 25 games in a row in which he has scored at least 15 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Julius Price, who went 8 of 11 to rack up 23 points.

Mission College Prep's loss dropped their record down to 20-7. As for St. Joseph, the win (which was their 16th in a row) raised their record to 27-1.

Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Mission College Prep will head out to take on Atascadero at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Mission College Prep knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past five contests -- so hopefully Atascadero likes a good challenge. As for St. Joseph, they will head out on the road to challenge Arroyo Grande at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The timing isn't great for Arroyo Grande: they have been struggling with three straight losses at home, while St. Joseph has snatched up eight consecutive wins on the road.