It was a good run, but the St. Joseph Academy Crusaders unfortunately witnessed the end of their five-game winning streak on Friday. They were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 41-40 to Rock Academy. St. Joseph Academy was given a dose of their own medicine in this game as Rock Academy apparently hadn't forgotten their loss the last time these teams played back in November of 2021.
Despite the loss, St. Joseph Academy still got an impressive performance from Angel Ochoa, who scored 22 points along with three steals. That was a full 55% of St. Joseph Academy's points, marking the 15th time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Dominick Gale, who scored four points along with five rebounds and three steals.
St. Joseph Academy's loss dropped their record down to 11-8. As for Rock Academy, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-7 record this season.
St. Joseph Academy will head out on the road to face off against Pacific Ridge at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Pacific Ridge will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps California Rankings (they are ranked 1137th, while St. Joseph Academy is ranked 449th). As for Rock Academy, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Army-Navy at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Army-Navy will be looking to extend their current three-game winning streak.
