Basketball Recap: Kootenai Sets Scoring Season-High Against Coeur Du Christ Academy

Warriors

Team Score

01/24/25 vs Coeur du Christ Academy	81
01/23/25 @ Mullan	61
01/03/25 @ Genesis Prep Academy	35
12/06/24 @ Highland	33
01/09/25 vs Wallace	30

Kootenai scored the most points they've had this season on Friday, but it wasn't enough. They fell 91-81 to the Coeur du Christ Academy Saints. The Warriors have struggled against the Saints recently, as the game was their third consecutive lost matchup.

Ben Connelly continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Coeur du Christ Academy, going 19 of 35 en route to 51 points in addition to seven steals and six assists. Connelly's evening made it 13 games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Grant Clemens, who dropped a double-double on 20 points and ten assists.

Kootenai's loss dropped their record down to 2-6. As for Coeur du Christ Academy, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-5 record this season.

Kootenai has already played their next game (against Highland), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Coeur du Christ Academy will square off against Mullan at 6:00 p.m. on January 31st. Coeur du Christ Academy is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 63.1 points per game this season.