Heritage Christian fought the good fight in their overtime game against Brookfield Academy on Saturday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They took an 89-85 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Brookfield Academy Blue Knights. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Tuesday (68), the Patriots still had to take the loss.
Despite the loss, Heritage Christian still got an impressive performance from Aidan Ganiere, who earned 17 points plus seven rebounds and three steals. The dominant performance also gave Ganiere a new career-high in three-point shooting accuracy (67%). Eddie Riebe was another key player, dropping a double-double on 13 points and 12 rebounds.
Even though they lost, Heritage Christian smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 13 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least nine offensive rebounds in four consecutive contests.
Heritage Christian now has a losing record at 2-3. As for Brookfield Academy, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
Heritage Christian will face off against University School of Milwaukee at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Brookfield Academy, they will challenge Kingdom Prep Lutheran at 7:15 p.m. on Wednesday. Kingdom Prep Lutheran knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past three matchups -- so hopefully Brookfield Academy likes a good challenge.
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