It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 61-24, which was the final score in the Atlantic Christian Cougars's tilt against the Holy Spirit Spartans on Wednesday. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey basketball rankings (they are ranked 223rd, while the Spartans are ranked 65th).
When it comes to explaining why Atlantic Christian lost, don't look at Gianna Flynn. Despite the final result, she posted 13 points and eight boards. That was a full 54.2% of Atlantic Christian's points, marking the fourth time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points.
Atlantic Christian now has a losing record at 6-7-1. As for Holy Spirit, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-5 record this season.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Atlantic Christian has already played their next contest (against Calvary Academy), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Holy Spirit has also has no score uploaded for their next match, this one against Middle Township.
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