Basketball Recap: Somerset Academy Comes Up Short

Somerset Academy saw some tournament action on Monday. They fell 60-53 to the Mountain Brook Spartans. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 87th in Florida, while the Spartans are ranked 15th in Alabama).

Defeat or not, Somerset Academy got some senior leadership from Christian Smith and Xavier Anderson. Smith went 8 of 16 on his way to 19 points and five rebounds, while Anderson went 6 of 11 on his way to 16 points and four steals. Anderson is on a roll when it comes to steals, as he's now grabbed three or more in the last three games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Jahlon Blain, who posted seven points and five assists.

Somerset Academy's loss dropped their record down to 10-4. As for Mountain Brook, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-3 record this season.

Somerset Academy will head out to challenge Miramar at 7:30 p.m. on January 7th. As for Mountain Brook, they will look to defend their home court on Friday against McAdory at 5:30 p.m. Mountain Brook is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last six games.