It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Providence Classical Christian Academy can now relate to. They lost 40-17 to the Clinton Christian Academy Patriots on Thursday. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 530th, while the Patriots are ranked 201st).
Despite the loss, Providence Classical Christian Academy still got an impressive performance from Jess Marcotte, who posted eight points and five rebounds. That was a full 47.1% of Providence Classical Christian Academy's points, marking the third time in a row Marcotte has put up more than a third of the team's points.
Clara Hyke was her usual excellent self, going 9-for-12 on her way to 18 points for Clinton Christian Academy. The dominant performance also gave Hyke a new career-high in shooting accuracy (75%). Brooklyn Wisniewski was another key player, putting up three points and four steals.
This is the second loss in a row for Providence Classical Christian Academy and nudges their season record down to 6-12. As for Clinton Christian Academy, they have been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 12 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 10-8 record this season.
Providence Classical Christian Academy has already played their next matchup, a 33-29 defeat against Aurora Christian Academy on the 14th. As for Clinton Christian Academy, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 50-45 victory against Overland Christian on the 14th.
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