Basketball Recap: First Baptist Christian Takes a Loss

First Baptist Christian was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They were beaten by the St. Francis Episcopal Wolves 98-24. The matchup marked the Warriors' lowest-scoring game so far this season.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead St. Francis Episcopal to victory, but perhaps none more so than Corey Syon, Ll, who went 6 for 8 en route to 17 points along with seven assists and five rebounds. Syon, Ll is trending in the right direction considering he's improved his point production for three straight games. Another player making a difference was John Laboy, II, who went 9 of 12 on his way to 22 points.

First Baptist Christian's defeat dropped their record down to 8-6. As for St. Francis Episcopal, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 19-7 record this season.

First Baptist Christian has already played their next match (against Rosehill Christian), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. St. Francis Episcopal won't have much time to rest: their next game is against St. Thomas Catholic at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with St. Francis Episcopal sitting on seven straight victories and St. Thomas Catholic on four.