It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the Christ Presbyterian Academy Lions can now relate to. They fell 81-73 to the Fighting Irish on Wednesday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Saturday (60), Christ Presbyterian Academy still had to take the loss.
Christ Presbyterian Academy lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Jason Taylor Jr, who almost dropped a double-double on 14 points and nine rebounds. It was the first time this season that Taylor Jr pulled down eight or more rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Gunnar Lewis, who scored 21 points along with seven rebounds.
Christ Presbyterian Academy has not been sharp recently as the team has lost 15 of their last 19 contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 9-20 record this season. As for Knoxville Catholic, the win (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 16-12.
Christ Presbyterian Academy does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Knoxville Catholic, they will head out on the road to take on Webb on Saturday. Knoxville Catholic has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 326 points over their last five games.
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