Basketball Recap: Colonial Christian Comes Up Short
By Team Reports
Jan 18, 2025, 10:51am
Basketball Recap: Colonial Christian Patriots vs. Somerset College Prepartory Academy South Patriots
Colonial Christian played a tough match on Tuesday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They had to suffer through a 81-46 loss at the hands of the Somerset College Prepartory Academy South Patriots. Sadly, that's the second time they've come up short against Colonial Christian this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 60-57 last Thursday.
Colonial Christian lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Alexander Ovalle, who almost dropped a double-double on nine points and 11 rebounds. Yunior Caraballo was another key player, putting up eight points and five boards.
Somerset College Prepartory Academy South found their leader in freshman Mario Barrios, who went 10 for 16 en route to 24 points and seven assists. With that strong performance, Barrios is now averaging an impressive 15.3 points per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Aaron Valdes, who dropped a double-double on 16 points and ten rebounds.
Colonial Christian has traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four games, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-6 record this season. That patch can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 55.8 points per game. As for Somerset College Prepartory Academy South, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 3-4 record this season.
Colonial Christian didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 77-71 defeat against Redland Christian Academy on the 16th. Somerset College Prepartory Academy South has also already played their next game (against Cushman), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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