Basketball Recap: Villa Angela-St. Joseph Comes Up Short

After flying high against Cleveland Central Catholic on Friday, Villa Angela-St. Joseph came back down to earth. The Villa Angela-St. Joseph Vikings took an 84-72 hit to the loss column at the hands of the St. Edward Eagles on Saturday. The defeat continues a trend for the Vikings in their matchups with the Eagles: they've now lost nine in a row.

When it comes to explaining why Villa Angela-St. Joseph lost, don't look at Antonio Brown. Despite the final result, he went 8 for 10 en route to 20 points and seven boards. The team also got some help courtesy of Jeremiah Martin, who went 5 of 12 on his way to 16 points and five assists.

Villa Angela-St. Joseph's loss dropped their record down to 9-8. As for St. Edward, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 13-5.

Villa Angela-St. Joseph will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against Gilmour Academy at 7:00 p.m. Villa Angela-St. Joseph knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past 17 games -- so hopefully Gilmour Academy likes a good challenge. St. Edward has already played their next matchup (against St. Ignatius), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.