The Lumen Christi Archangels and the Shishmaref Northern Lights will face off at 9:30 a.m. on March 15th without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Lumen Christi can now relate to. Their rough 53-29 defeat to the T-Jacks and Rookies on Thursday might stick with them for a while. While losing is never fun, Lumen Christi can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alaska basketball rankings (they are ranked 74th, while King Cove is ranked 14th).
Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, Shishmaref's good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. They fell 75-63 to Scammon Bay. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Wednesday (61), Shishmaref still had to take the loss.
Despite their loss, Shishmaref saw several players rise to the challenge and make noteworthy plays. Fred Olanna, who scored 24 points, was perhaps the best of all. Colton Hadley was another key contributor, scoring 15 points.
Lumen Christi's defeat dropped their record down to 12-18. As for Shishmaref, their loss dropped their record down to 15-8.
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