Basketball Recap: Bishop Mclaughlin Catholic Beats Spring Hill Christian Academy for Their Seventh Straight Win

Hurricanes

Previous Games

12/12/24 @ Spring Hill Christian Academy	72-58
12/10/24 @ All Saints' Academy	48-35
12/06/24 vs St. Petersburg Catholic	44-43
12/04/24 vs Academy at the Lakes	58-46
12/02/24 @ Hernando Christian Academy	84-60
+ 2 more games

Bishop McLaughlin Catholic came tearing into Thursday's matchup with six straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 11.8 points) and they left with even more momentum. They enjoyed a cozy 72-58 victory over the Spring Hill Christian Academy Wildcat. The Hurricanes pushed the score to 63-39 by the end of the third, a deficit the Wildcat cut but never quite recovered from.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Bishop McLaughlin Catholic to victory, but perhaps none more so than Jacob Mekdeci, who posted 24 points. The dominant performance gave Mekdeci a new career-high in points. Another player making a difference was Alexavier Dorval-Ferris, who put up 17 points.

Spring Hill Christian Academy lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Matthew Hyde, who had 16 points. Colvin Grob was another key player, putting up 15 points.

Bishop McLaughlin Catholic's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-1. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 68.0 points per game. As for Spring Hill Christian Academy, they moved to 3-3 with that defeat, which also ended their three-game winning streak.

Bishop McLaughlin Catholic didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 69-52 victory against Hudson on the 13th. As for Spring Hill Christian Academy, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 76-19 win against Grace Christian on the 16th.