After flying high against Sarcoxie last Tuesday, Springfield Catholic came back down to earth. The Springfield Catholic Fighting Irish were just a bucket shy of victory on Friday and fell 74-73 to the Lighthouse Christian Chargers. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Tuesday (70), the Fighting Irish still had to take the loss.
Lighthouse Christian's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Elijah Rahn, who had 21 points plus six assists and two steals. The dominant performance also gave Rahn a new career-high in threes (three). Another player making a difference was Judah Louderback, who earned 11 points in addition to six rebounds and six steals.
With the defeat, Springfield Catholic broke their six-game winning streak and moved their record to 1-1. As for Lighthouse Christian, the win (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 5-2.
Springfield Catholic will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Cassville at 7:30 p.m. on December 17th. As for Lighthouse Christian, they won't have much time to rest: their next game is against Mt. Vernon at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday. Lighthouse Christian is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 64.6 points per game this season.
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