After flying high against Oxbridge Academy last Monday, Cardinal Newman came back down to earth. The Cardinal Newman Crusaders fell just short of the Suncoast Chargers by a score of 59-56 on Wednesday. The loss continues a trend for the Crusaders in their matchups with the Chargers: they've now lost four in a row.
| 12/11/24 @ Suncoast | 30 |
| 12/05/23 vs Trinity Christian Academy | 24 |
| 12/06/24 vs Royal Palm Beach | 22 |
| 01/31/24 vs Lake Worth | 20 |
| 12/13/23 @ Benjamin | 19 |
Several Crusaders players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Katie Kent, who went 9 of 19 en route to 30 points. The dominant performance gave Kent a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Ava Castro, who posted two points along with 22 boards and five steals.
Cardinal Newman's defeat dropped their record down to 4-4. As for Suncoast, their victory bumped their record up to 6-3.
Cardinal Newman will look to defend their home court on Friday against Santaluces at 6:00 p.m. As for Suncoast, they will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Nova at 10:15 a.m. on December 27th.
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