Basketball Recap: Tuesday's Victory Is Colonial Christian's Fourth in Last Five Outings

If Somerset Academy South Homestead wanted to avenge their loss from the last time they played Colonial Christian, they should've done a better job of containing Mikaela Pecina. The Colonial Christian Patriots secured a 43-38 W over the Somerset Academy South Homestead Hurricanes on Tuesday thanks in part to Pecina, who went 7 of 17 en route to 18 points and three steals. Pecina is crushing it when it comes to steals: she's grabbed at least two every time she's taken the court this season.

Somerset Academy South Homestead lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Alexia Almeida, who went 5 for 7 on her way to 12 points and three steals. Those 12 points gave Almeida a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Camila Shardi, who went 5 of 9 en route to 13 points and six boards.

Colonial Christian is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 7-2 record this season. As for Somerset Academy South Homestead, they dropped their record down to 1-6 with the defeat, which was their third straight at home.

Colonial Christian has already played their next game, a 31-26 loss against Mater Bay Academy on the 9th. As for Somerset Academy South Homestead, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 46-22 defeat against Varela on the 8th.