The St. Joseph Academy Crusaders just played yesterday, but they'll still head out to face the Tri-City Christian Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. St. Joseph Academy has now lost eight straight, leaving the team hunting for their first win since January 14.
On Monday, St. Joseph Academy had to suffer through an 83-49 loss at the hands of Olympian. While losing is never fun, the Crusaders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 967th, while the Eagles are ranked 54th).
Fans were treated to a Battle of the Eagles on Friday. Tri-City Christian took a 57-45 hit to the loss column at the hands of Maranatha Christian. Tri-City Christian has struggled against Maranatha Christian recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive lost matchup.
St. Joseph Academy will need to focus on slowing down Josh Patten, one of several Tri-City Christian players who made an impact when they last played. He went 5 for 7 en route to 14 points. Another player making a difference was Jeramiah Turner, who went 5 of 9 to rack up 13 points.
Tri-City Christian's defeat dropped their record down to 13-8. As for St. Joseph Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 8-18.
St. Joseph Academy was taken down by Tri-City Christian 85-33 in their previous matchup back in January. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point St. Joseph Academy was down 48-15.
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