Basketball Recap: Kaila Patterson's Big Game Can't Quite Lead Longmont over St. Mary's

Trojans

Team Score

12/07/24 vs St. Mary's	44
12/02/24 vs Dakota Ridge	41
12/06/24 vs Mountain Vista	32
12/05/24 vs The Classical Academy	24

Longmont was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They fell 55-44 to the St. Mary's Pirates. One positive for the Trojans, at least, is that this was the most points they've scored all season.

Several Trojans players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Kaila Patterson, who posted 19 points. That was a full 43.2% of Longmont's points, marking the third time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Luna Ready, who went 5 for 8 on her way to 10 points and five rebounds.

Even though they lost, Longmont smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 15 offensive rebounds. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as St. Mary's only pulled down six offensive boards.

Jaela Pedro continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines for St. Mary's, going 12 of 20 on her way to 31 points in addition to eight boards and three blocks. Those 31 points gave Pedro a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Kylie Nail, who had 11 points and three steals.

Longmont's defeat dropped their record down to 1-3. As for St. Mary's, the win got them back to even at 2-2.

Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Longmont is headed away from home for the first time to challenge Montbello at 5:30 p.m. on December 16th. As for St. Mary's, they will have some time to savor their victory since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Kent Denver at 5:30 p.m. on December 17th.