The Virginia Academy Patriots were not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They took a 50-41 hit to the loss column at the hands of Highland. While losing is never fun, Virginia Academy can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 175th, while Highland is ranked seventh).
Virginia Academy lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Ben Johnson, who scored 14 points. Another player making a difference was Surafel Muluneh, who scored eight points along with four steals.
Virginia Academy's loss dropped their record down to 5-25. As for Highland, they pushed their record up to 22-11 with that win, which was their ninth straight at home.
Virginia Academy does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Highland also has no future games currently scheduled.
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