Basketball Recap: Harvest Community Falls Despite Big Games from Ryan Pritchard and Adam Lawson

If Harvest Community was feeling good fresh off their 70-43 takedown of Sports Leadership & Management two weeks ago, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Harvest Community Warriors took a 73-63 hit to the loss column at the hands of the West Nassau Warriors on Friday. Harvest Community was down 63-43 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.

Harvest Community's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Adam Lawson, who went 8 of 12 on his way to 29 points, and Ryan Pritchard, who dropped a double-double on 12 points and 14 rebounds. Pritchard has been hot, having posted ten or more boards the last five times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Ethan Garth, who posted five points and five rebounds.

Even though they lost, Harvest Community smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 13 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least 13 offensive rebounds in five consecutive matches.

Brady Thrift was his usual excellent self, going 9 of 14 from beyond the arc on his way to 31 points for West Nassau. The dominant performance gave Thrift a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jakari Major, who went 5 of 7 on his way to 11 points in addition to six assists and six boards.

Harvest Community's defeat dropped their record down to 7-7. As for West Nassau, their win ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 7-6.

Harvest Community wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next contest, a 65-48 loss against Atlantic Coast on the 7th. As for West Nassau, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 53-49 defeat against Middleburg on the 7th.