Basketball Recap: Carter Jude's Big Game Can't Quite Lead Belfry over Calvary Baptist Academy

On Thursday, the Belfry Pirates lost to the Calvary Baptist Academy Patriots on the road by a 75-57 margin. While losing is never fun, the Pirates can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 190th in Kentucky, while the Patriots are ranked 30th in West Virginia).

Several Pirates players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Carter Jude, who went 7 of 12 on his way to 15 points along with six assists and four steals. Another player making a difference was Ethan Diles, who posted eight points and four steals.

Bryson Childers continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Calvary Baptist Academy, going 10 for 15 en route to 25 points and six boards. Childers' evening made it three games in a row in which he has scored at least 19 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Owen Good, who went 7 of 9 to rack up 16 points and six assists.

Belfry has been struggling recently as they've lost six of their last eight games, which put a noticeable dent in their 8-14 record this season. As for Calvary Baptist Academy, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 20-3 record this season.

Belfry has already played their next matchup, a 65-37 defeat against Tug Valley on the 8th. As for Calvary Baptist Academy, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 60-50 win against Victory Baptist Academy on the 8th.