If Long Island Lutheran was feeling good fresh off their 66-40 takedown of Hillcrest last Thursday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Long Island Lutheran Crusaders fell just short of the Montverde Academy Eagles by a score of 73-70 on Friday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Thursday (66), the Crusaders still had to take the loss.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Montverde Academy to victory, but perhaps none more so than Aaliyah Crump, who posted 18 points. Those 18 points gave Crump a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Lourdes Da Silva Costa, who earned 14 points and seven boards.
Long Island Lutheran's loss ended a five-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 14-3. As for Montverde Academy, the victory (which was their 13th in a row) raised their record to 20-1.
Long Island Lutheran will face off against St. Thomas Aquinas at 1:00 p.m. on February 8th. One thing working in Long Island Lutheran's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last four games. Montverde Academy has already played their next match, an 89-57 win against Newman on the 1st.
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