Basketball Recap: Bethel Assembly Christian Academy Comes Up Short

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Bethel Assembly Christian Academy can now relate to. They fell to the Heritage Christian Academy Patriots 52-47. The Eagles' defeat continues a trend for the squad, making it nine in a row.

When it comes to explaining why Bethel Assembly Christian Academy lost on Tuesday, don't look at McKinley Conner. Despite the final result, he dropped a double-double with 17 points and 24 rebounds. The dominant performance gave Conner a new career-high in boards. Another player making a difference was Bradley Taylor, who posted nine points.

Heritage Christian Academy found their leader in sophomore Parker Buetow, who had 24 points. That makes it three consecutive games in which Buetow has scored at least a third of Heritage Christian Academy's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Nimi Metiko, who put up ten points.

Bethel Assembly Christian Academy's loss dropped their record down to 2-19. As for Heritage Christian Academy, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-9 record this season.

As of now, neither Bethel Assembly Christian Academy nor Heritage Christian Academy have any future games scheduled.