Basketball Recap: Becton Comes Up Short

Becton was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They were dealt a 78-42 defeat at the hands of the St. Mary Gaels. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey basketball rankings (they are ranked 268th, while the Gaels are ranked 67th).

Becton's loss dropped their record down to 4-8. As for St. Mary, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2 record this season.

Becton will square off against Lodi at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday. St. Mary has already played their next contest (against Bogota), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.