Young Men's Leadership Academy was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They lost 61-41 to the Cole Cougars. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against Cole this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 72-36 back in January.
Young Men's Leadership Academy's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Aiden Olivarez, who posted 15 points and three steals, and Raishaun Conaway, who went 5-for-11 to rack up 13 points. That was a full 36.6% of Young Men's Leadership Academy's points, marking the fourth time in a row he's had more than a third of the team's points.
Leading Cole to victory were Logan Beckstrom and Jayvin Ybarra. Beckstrom went 6-for-15 on his way to 19 points along with eight assists and eight boards, while Ybarra went 8-for-14 en route to 21 points. Those eight assists gave Beckstrom a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Mackenzie Schonberg, who scored eight points.
Young Men's Leadership Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 14-14. As for Cole, the victory was the tenth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 25-7.
Young Men's Leadership Academy does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Cole, they will host Natalia at 6:30 p.m. on February 18th.
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