Satellite fought the good fight in their overtime match against West Shore on Friday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 61-60 to the West Shore Wildcats. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Thursday (58), the Scorpions still had to take the loss.
Satellite lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Jack Knight, who went 5 for 10 on his way to 13 points in addition to eight boards and three blocks. The team also got some help courtesy of Christian Mcphilamy, who went 5 of 9 on his way to 11 points and five rebounds.
West Shore had a senior duo take command as Beau Couture went 10 of 21 on his way to 29 points and Christian Rebec went 8 of 16 on his way to 21 points along with five boards and four steals. Couture's evening made it four games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. Nash Fiedler was another key player, putting up five points along with ten rebounds and five assists.
Satellite's loss dropped their record down to 4-3. As for West Shore, the victory made it two in a row for them and also bumps their season record up to 4-3.
Satellite and Heritage will compete for holiday cheer at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Satellite is facing Heritage at the right time seeing as Heritage is stuck on an eight-game losing streak. As for West Shore, they will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against John Carroll Catholic at 5:30 p.m. on January 2, 2025.
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