Basketball Recap: St. Joseph-By-The-Sea Falls Short Against Ranked Catholic Central

On Sunday, St. Joseph-by-the-Sea faced Catholic Central in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The St. Joseph-by-the-Sea Vikings took a 68-55 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Catholic Central Crusaders. The Vikings have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

St. Joseph-by-the-Sea's loss dropped their record down to 7-5. As for Catholic Central, the win was the tenth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 11-1.

Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. St. Joseph-by-the-Sea will have a little extra prep time after the defeat as they won't be playing again for a while. They'll take on Bishop Loughlin at 6:30 p.m. on February 3rd. Catholic Central has already played their next matchup (against Cohoes), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.