The Air Academy Kadets struggled with assists on Wednesday (the Lutheran Lions had eight more) and sadly the final score reflected it. Air Academy had to suffer through a rough 76-37 loss at the hands of Lutheran. While losing is never fun, Air Academy can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 138th, while Lutheran is ranked 12th).
Loss or not, Air Academy got some senior leadership from Max Howery and Noah Hellem. Howery scored ten points along with four steals, while Hellem. scored 17 points. Hellem has been hot recently, having posted 17 or more points the last ten times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Brody Winnett, who scored five points along with two steals.
Braydon Jacob continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Lutheran, almost dropping a double-double on 26 points and nine rebounds. Jacob hasn't dropped below 15 points for five straight games. Another player making a difference was Isaiah Williams, who scored ten points along with five assists and five steals.
Air Academy has traveled a rocky road recently having lost five of their last six matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 7-16 record this season. As for Lutheran, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 20-3.
Air Academy does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Lutheran also has no future games currently scheduled.
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