The St. Martin de Porres Lions and Grand River Academy squared off in some playoff action on Friday, but sadly the St. Martin de Porres Lions had to settle for second. They had to suffer through a rough 71-38 loss at the hands of the. While losing is never fun, St. Martin de Porres can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 650th, while Grand River Academy is ranked 255th).
Joseph Quartey continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Grand River Academy, almost dropping a double-double on 16 points and nine rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Olusegun Dada, who scored seven points along with 12 rebounds and four blocks.
St. Martin de Porres dropped their record down to 9-9 with that defeat, which was their third straight on the road. As for Grand River Academy, the win (which was their fifth in a row) raised their record to 13-1.
St. Martin de Porres will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Gilmour Academy at 7:00 p.m. on February 27th. Grand River Academy does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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