Patrick School is ranked highly in their home state and on Thursday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Utah Prep. The Patrick School Celtics fell to the Utah Prep Athletes 86-81. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Athletes this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 78-73 back in January.
Despite the loss, Patrick School still got an impressive performance from Brandon Lee, who posted 34 points. That was a full 42% of Patrick School's points, marking the third time in a row Lee has had more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Jaysean Williams, who earned 21 points.
Patrick School has been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four matchups. That's put a noticeable dent in their 28-8 record this season. With the win, Utah Prep broke their five-game losing streak and moved their record to 19-10.
Patrick School wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next contest, a 69-55 victory against SoCal Academy on the 7th. As for Utah Prep, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 75-51 loss against Dynamic Prep on the 8th.
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