Basketball Recap: Holy Cross Comes Up Short in High-Profile Game with John Curtis Christian

On Friday, Holy Cross faced John Curtis Christian in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Holy Cross Tigers were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 69-68 to the John Curtis Christian Patriots. The Tigers have been going strong on the season, but this is now their second loss in a row.

Holy Cross' defeat dropped their record down to 21-5. As for John Curtis Christian, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 34-9 record this season.

Coming up, Holy Cross will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against McDonogh 35 at 7:00 p.m. John Curtis Christian does not have any more games scheduled as of now.