The Judge Memorial Catholic Bulldogs had to endure a four-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. They came out on top in a nail-biter against St. Bonaventure on Wednesday and snuck past 63-60. Given Judge Memorial Catholic's advantage in MaxPreps's basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 79th in Utah, while St. Bonaventure is ranked 370th in California), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Judge Memorial Catholic was led to victory by Aaydan Saucedo and Jj Apathjang. Saucedo scored 23 points, while Apathjang scored 25 points. That makes it five consecutive games in which Saucedo has scored at least 25% of Judge Memorial Catholic's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Longar Alor, who scored five points.
Despite the loss, St. Bonaventure still got an impressive performance from Dylan Benner, who dropped a double-double on 38 points and 16 rebounds. The contest was Benner's fifth in a row with at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Mathew Wilson, who scored eight points along with six rebounds and five assists.
Judge Memorial Catholic's victory bumped their record up to 5-8. As for St. Bonaventure, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 7-5.
Judge Memorial Catholic and Santiago will face off at 10:30 a.m. on December 21st without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. St. Bonaventure and Valley will face off at 9:00 a.m. on December 21st without much rest after finishing up games yesterday.
