The Denver Academy Mustangs struggled with offensive rebounds on Thursday (the Heritage Christian Eagles had ten more) and sadly the final score reflected it. Denver Academy took a serious blow against Heritage Christian, falling 81-29. Denver Academy has struggled against Heritage Christian recently, as their contest on Thursday was their ninth consecutive lost matchup.
Denver Academy's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Nolan Monasch, who scored 16 points, and Luc Stanley who scored six points. Monasch is on a roll when it comes to points, as he's now scored 16 or more in the last nine games he's played.
Raul Bertinato continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Heritage Christian, scoring 16 points along with three steals. Bertinato has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last 15 times he's played. Nehemiah Baldwin was another key contributor, scoring 11 points along with six rebounds.
Denver Academy's loss dropped their record down to 7-12. As for Heritage Christian, the victory was the seventh in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 16-2.
Denver Academy's road trip will continue as they head out to face Front Range Christian at 7:00 p.m. on February 20th. Hopefully Denver Academy focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 11 on Thursday. As for Heritage Christian, they will look to defend their home court on Saturday against Denver Christian at 7:00 p.m. Denver Christian is also coming in off of a big victory, so somebody is in for a big reversal of fortune.
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