After flying high against Mt. St. Michael Academy last Tuesday, Cardinal Hayes came back down to earth. The Cardinal Hayes Cardinals were just a bucket shy of victory on Friday and fell 73-72 to the Archbishop Stepinac Crusaders. While losing is never fun, the Cardinals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New York basketball rankings (they are ranked 31st, while the Crusaders are ranked first).
Archbishop Stepinac's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Adonis Ratliff, who shot 4-for-6 from downtown and dropped a double-double on 18 points and 12 boards. Those 12 rebounds gave Ratliff a new career-high. Jasiah Jervis was another key player, going 7 for 12 on his way to 21 points.
Cardinal Hayes' loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 11-5-1. As for Archbishop Stepinac, the victory (which was their tenth in a row) raised their record to 15-3.
Cardinal Hayes has already played their next game (against Iona Prep), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Archbishop Stepinac has also has no score uploaded for their next matchup, this one against Archbishop Molloy.
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