It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the Joseph City Wildcats can now relate to. They fell to the Hawks 57-51. While losing is never fun, Joseph City can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arizona basketball rankings (they are ranked 219th, while The Gregory School is ranked 84th).
Joseph City lost on Saturday despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Jared Layden, who scored 12 points along with three steals. Another player making a difference was Eli James, who scored 14 points along with three steals.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead The Gregory School to victory, but perhaps none more so than Nitai Buchler, who dropped a double-double on 11 points and ten rebounds. Razin Smith was another key contributor, dropping a double-double on 13 points and 13 rebounds.
Joseph City's loss dropped their record down to 21-11. As for The Gregory School, the victory was the 17th in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 26-3.
Joseph City does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for The Gregory School, they will look to defend their home court on Friday against Baboquivari at 7:30 p.m. The Gregory School is coming into the game with 18 straight wins at home, so Baboquivari is out to stop a squad with plenty of momentum.
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