Basketball Recap: Fulvio Dos Santos' Big Game Can't Quite Lead Tri-City Christian Academy over Trinity Christian

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Tri-City Christian Academy can now relate to. They took a 71-58 hit to the loss column at the hands of Trinity Christian on Saturday. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against Trinity Christian this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 55-23 back in January.

Tri-City Christian Academy lost despite a true team effort on offense. The best among them was Fulvio Dos Santos, who dropped a double-double with 29 points and 11 boards. That was a full 50% of Tri-City Christian Academy's points, marking the fifth time in a row Dos Santos has posted more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Brody Martin, who went 8-for-19 on his way to 20 points and four steals.

Tri-City Christian Academy's loss dropped their record down to 20-7. As for Trinity Christian, the win was the 14th in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 22-2.

Tri-City Christian Academy does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Trinity Christian, they will face off against Skyline - Gila River at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Trinity Christian knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past 14 contests -- so hopefully Skyline - Gila River likes a good challenge.