After flying high against the Stanton Mustangs on Monday, the Clarkson/Leigh Patriots came back down to earth. Clarkson/Leigh was beaten by Norfolk Catholic 64-27 on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, Clarkson/Leigh can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked 262nd, while Norfolk Catholic is ranked 52nd).
Despite the loss, Clarkson/Leigh had strong showings from Korbin Lemburg, who almost dropped a double-double on ten points and nine rebounds, and Kyle Mcmullin, who scored eight points along with five rebounds.
Norfolk Catholic's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Nolan Fennessy led the charge by scoring 14 points along with seven rebounds and four steals. Fennessy has been hot recently, having posted three or more steals the last five times he's played. Another player making a difference was Carter Janssen, who scored 12 points along with five rebounds and five steals.
Clarkson/Leigh dropped their record down to 3-18 with that defeat, which was their 11th straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Norfolk Catholic, they have been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-8 record this season.
Clarkson/Leigh does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Norfolk Catholic, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Lutheran-Northeast at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Hopefully Norfolk Catholic focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 14 on Tuesday.
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