Basketball Recap: NOVA Academy Takes a Tough Playoff Loss

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact NOVA Academy can now relate to. They fell 53-43 to the Villanova Prep Wildcats on Thursday. The Eagles have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

NOVA Academy's loss dropped their record down to 7-9. As for Villanova Prep, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-6 record this season.

NOVA Academy does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Villanova Prep, they will take on Shandon at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. Shandon's defense has only allowed 27.8 points per game this season, so Villanova Prep's offense will have their work cut out for them.