After flying high against South Newton back in December of 2024, Rensselaer Central came back down to earth. The Rensselaer Central Bombers were just a bucket shy of victory on Saturday and fell 54-53 to the Lafayette Central Catholic Knights. While losing is never fun, the Bombers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 381st, while the Knights are ranked 151st).
Among those leading the charge was Mikey Stapleton, who posted 12 points and six steals. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in steals. Charlie Seaburg was another key player, putting up ten points.
Rensselaer Central's record is now 3-7. As for Lafayette Central Catholic, they pushed their record up to 6-3 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season.
Rensselaer Central will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on West Lafayette at 8:00 p.m. on January 17th. As for Lafayette Central Catholic, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 51-38 defeat against Western on the 7th.
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