This season hasn't been kind to St. Mary, who are still winless after their ninth match. They took a 53-45 hit to the loss column at the hands of Athens Christian Preparatory Academy on Tuesday. The result was an unpleasant reminder to St. Mary's of the 50-47 loss they experienced in the two teams' previous head-to-head fixture on January 5th.
It was another big night for Rachel Richardson, who scored 26 points along with seven assists and two steals for Athens Christian Preparatory Academy. That makes it four consecutive games in which Richardson has scored at least a third of Athens Christian Preparatory Academy's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Kiley Normandin, who dropped a double-double on 11 points and ten rebounds.
St. Mary's defeat was their sixth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 0-9. Those losses could be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they only averaged 26.0 points per game. As for Athens Christian Preparatory Academy, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-6 record this season.
St. Mary's will be playing at home against Christian Heritage at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Christian Heritage's defense has only allowed 28.3 points per game this season, so St. Mary's offense will have their work cut out for them. As for Athens Christian Preparatory Academy, they will head out on the road to take on Regents Academy at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
