After flying high against Joshua Springs Christian two weeks ago, Desert Chapel came back down to earth. The Desert Chapel Eagles were beaten by the San Jacinto Leadership Academy Lions 72-41 on Monday. The loss was the Eagles' first of the season.
Despite the loss, Desert Chapel saw an underclassman step up: freshman Parker Amezcua went 6 for 14 en route to 17 points plus seven rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Samuel Mourhess, who almost dropped a double-double on ten points and nine rebounds.
San Jacinto Leadership Academy had a senior duo take command as Jake Gagnepain had 20 points in addition to two steals and Ezra Olguin earned 18 points plus six rebounds and two steals. Olguin has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Eric McWright, who had five points along with eight rebounds.
Having lost for the first time this season, Desert Chapel fell to 2-1. As for San Jacinto Leadership Academy, the victory (which was their fifth in a row dating back to last season) raised their record to 2-0.
Desert Chapel will face off against Palm Valley at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for San Jacinto Leadership Academy, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 72-61 win against San Jacinto Valley Academy on the 4th.
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