After flying high against the Berne Union Rockets last Wednesday, the Wellington School Jaguars came back down to earth. Wellington School fell 54-43 to Bishop Rosecrans on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, Wellington School can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 729th, while Bishop Rosecrans is ranked 337th).
Despite the loss, Wellington School still got an impressive performance from Michael Adams, who scored 22 points. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Adams has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Blake Lewis, who scored seven points.
Wellington School struggled to get the ball back on offense and finished the game with only two offensive rebounds. They were crushed by their opponents in that department as Bishop Rosecrans pulled down ten offensive rebounds.
Grady Labishak was his usual excellent self, scoring 31 points along with five assists and five rebounds for Bishop Rosecrans. That makes it six consecutive games in which Labishak has scored at least a third of Bishop Rosecrans' points. Another player making a difference was Tyler Burnett, who scored nine points along with seven rebounds.
Wellington School's loss dropped their record down to 3-7. As for Bishop Rosecrans, the win was the fifth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 9-3.
Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Wellington School will take on Grove City Christian at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Grove City Christian is strutting with some offensive muscle, as they've averaged 66.1 points per game. As for Bishop Rosecrans, they will look to defend their home court on Saturday against Berne Union at 7:30 p.m. Berne Union is coming into the matchup on a five-game losing streak.
