After flying high against West Valley last Tuesday, Lathrop came back down to earth. The Lathrop Malemutes had to suffer through an 80-50 loss at the hands of the Mountain City Christian Academy Lions. While losing is never fun, the Malemutes can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alaska basketball rankings (they are ranked 32nd, while the Lions are ranked third).
Leading Mountain City Christian Academy to victory were Morgan Maldonado and Keelie Kronberger. Maldonado shot 63% from the field to rack up 16 points in addition to seven assists and seven rebounds, while Kronberger went 11-for-18 on her way to 22 points along with five boards and three steals. The dominant performance also gave Kronberger a new career-high in field goal percentage (61%). Jayda Pastana was another key player, putting up seven points in addition to eight rebounds and six steals.
Lathrop's loss dropped their record down to 11-8. As for Mountain City Christian Academy, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 18-4.
Lathrop didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 61-39 defeat against Grace Christian on the 1st. Mountain City Christian Academy does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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