After flying high against Davison last Tuesday, Heritage came back down to earth. The Heritage Hawks took a hard 69-53 fall against the Powers Catholic Chargers on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Hawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Michigan basketball rankings (they are ranked 82nd, while the Chargers are ranked 15th).
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Powers Catholic to victory, but perhaps none more so than Javontae Ross, who dropped a double-double with 19 points and 11 assists. Ross is also on a roll when it comes to three-point shooting accuracy, as he's posted one of at least 43% in the last seven games he's played. Andrew Caldwell was another key player, going 6-for-13 to rack up 16 points in addition to five rebounds and four steals.
Heritage's defeat dropped their record down to 11-8. As for Powers Catholic, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 17-1.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Heritage will square off against Lapeer at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. One thing working in Lapeer's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last three matchups. As for Powers Catholic, they will take on Carman-Ainsworth at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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