Basketball Recap: Cape Cod Academy Falls Despite Big Games from Mike Berry and Harrison Lauf

If Cape Cod Academy was feeling good fresh off their 51-25 takedown of Sturgis West last Wednesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Cape Cod Academy Seahawks lost to the Dennis-Yarmouth Regional Dolphins on the road by a 82-68 margin on Thursday. While losing is never fun, the Seahawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Massachusetts basketball rankings (they are ranked 312th, while the Dolphins are ranked 109th).

Cape Cod Academy's loss came despite strong showings from Harrison Lauf and Mike Berry. Lauf went 9-for-16 to rack up 25 points in addition to six boards and four steals, while Berry dropped a double-double with 21 points and ten rebounds. The dominant performance also gave Berry a new career-high in field goal percentage (59%). Cody Tolley was another key player, putting up ten points.

Even though they lost, Cape Cod Academy was working as a unit and finished the game with 11 assists. This was only their 11th loss (out of 14 games) when they've passed the ball that well.

Cape Cod Academy dropped their record down to 3-15 with the defeat, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Dennis-Yarmouth Regional, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 10-6 record this season.

Coming up, Cape Cod Academy will head out to square off against Cape Cod RVT at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Dennis-Yarmouth Regional, they will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against Nantucket at 3:30 p.m.