Cathedral was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They were outmatched by the Bishop Amat Lancers and fell 71-35. While losing is never fun, the Phantoms can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 948th, while the Lancers are ranked 188th).
Vince Diaz went supernova for Bishop Amat, going 7 for 11 from beyond the arc en route to 23 points. The dominant performance also gave Diaz a new career-high in rebounds (four). Eli Chavez was another key player, going 6 of 15 on his way to 16 points and five assists.
Cathedral's loss dropped their record down to 8-14. As for Bishop Amat, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 17-4 record this season.
Cathedral didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 62-52 defeat against Salesian on the 17th. As for Bishop Amat, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, an 84-40 victory against Nogales on the 17th.
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