If West was riding high fresh off their 62-27 takedown of Chavez last Wednesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The West Wolfpack took a 66-48 bruising from the Modesto Christian Crusaders on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Wolfpack can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 184th, while the Crusaders are ranked 32nd).
Leading Modesto Christian to victory were Gavin Sykes and Trevor Dickson. Sykes went 7 of 14 en route to 21 points and eight rebounds, while Dickson went 6 of 10 on his way to 17 points. The match was Sykes' fourth in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Ry Atkins, who posted eight points.
West's loss ended an eight-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 14-3. As for Modesto Christian, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-4 record this season.
West will head out to take on Lodi at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. As for Modesto Christian, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, an 83-71 victory against Monterey Trail on the 11th.
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