On Saturday, the Benedictine Bengals came up short against the Cornerstone Christian Patriots and fell 78-70. The Bengals have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Loss or not, Benedictine got some senior leadership from Damone Darmond and Noah Whisler. Darmond went 7 of 8 on his way to 17 points and three blocks, while Whisler almost dropped a double-double on 19 points and nine rebounds. Whisler has been hot recently, having posted nine or more boards the last three times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Bryce Meitin, who posted 11 points.
Bengals
| 12/21/24 vs Cornerstone Christian | 70-78 |
| 12/17/24 vs Lake Catholic | 71-74 |
Even though they lost, Benedictine smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 18 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least ten offensive rebounds in six consecutive contests.
Quinn Kwasniak was his usual excellent self, dropping a double-double on 35 points and 11 assists for Cornerstone Christian. That makes it four consecutive games in which Kwasniak has scored at least a third of Cornerstone Christian's points. Another player making a difference was Hudson Funk, who went 6 of 11 on his way to 18 points.
Benedictine's defeat dropped their record down to 2-5. As for Cornerstone Christian, the win (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 4-1.
Benedictine didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 71-53 loss against Hawken on the 23rd. As for Cornerstone Christian, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 73-43 defeat against Euclid on the 23rd.
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