After flying high against Eastside on Tuesday, Don Bosco Prep came back down to earth. The Ironmen were just a bucket shy of victory on Tuesday and fell 60-59 to the Marist RedHawks. While losing is never fun, the Ironmen can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 57th in New Jersey, while the RedHawks are ranked ninth in Illinois).
Charles Barnes had another great game (as he tends to do), going 10-for-16 to rack up 26 points and six rebounds for Marist. That makes it three consecutive games in which Barnes has scored at least a third of the RedHawks' points. Another player making a difference was Adoni Vassilakis, who shot 56% from the field on his way to 11 points.
Don Bosco Prep's defeat dropped their record down to 4-11. As for Marist, the victory was the 13th in a row for them, bringing their record up to 17-1.
Don Bosco Prep didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 67-23 win against Pascack Valley on the 14th. As for Marist, they have also already played their next game, a 55-39 victory against Carmel on the 16th.
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