The Virginia Episcopal School Bishops and the Norfolk Christian Ambassadors squared off in some playoff action on Wednesday, but sadly the Virginia Episcopal School Bishops had to settle for second. They received a tough blow as they fell 81-62 to the Ambassadors. While losing is never fun, Virginia Episcopal School can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 92nd, while Norfolk Christian is ranked 34th).
Abuna Ruop was her usual excellent self, dropping a double-double on 27 points and 15 rebounds for Norfolk Christian. Ruop has been hot recently, having posted two or more blocks the last 17 times she's played. Another player making a difference was Justice Brown-jones, who almost dropped a triple-double on ten points, ten rebounds, and nine assists.
Virginia Episcopal School dropped their record down to 15-10 with that loss, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Norfolk Christian, they are on a roll lately: they've won 17 of their last 20 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 23-8 record this season.
Virginia Episcopal School does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Norfolk Christian, they will take on Virginia Academy at 3:45 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Norfolk Christian focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 15 on Wednesday.
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