A victory for Cathedral just wasn't in the cards on Thursday as the squad wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They were outmatched by the Eastlake Falcons on the road and fell 65-33. While losing is never fun, the Fighting Irish can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 795th, while the Falcons are ranked 113th).
Eastlake found their leader in sophomore Tristan Anderson-Edmond, who went 9 for 12 en route to 20 points plus three steals. Anderson-Edmond has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last three times he's played. Derek Mendez was another key player, going 6 for 13 en route to 14 points plus three steals.
Cathedral is on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 5-7. As for Eastlake, the win (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 7-1.
Cathedral has already played their next matchup (against Eastlake), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Eastlake, they won't have much time to rest: their next match is against Pebble Hills at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Eastlake is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 55.8 points per game this season.
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