Harvest Christian Academy's tournament run continued when they took on Payton College Prep on Monday. The Harvest Christian Academy Lions received a blow as they fell 45-30 to the Payton College Prep Grizzlies. While losing is never fun, the Lions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 577th, while the Grizzlies are ranked 280th).
Despite the loss, Harvest Christian Academy saw an underclassman step up: freshman Vincent Corrado Jr. went 8 of 16 en route to 16 points along with eight boards and three blocks. The team also got some help courtesy of Elijah Bell, who posted seven points and six boards.
Harvest Christian Academy has traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four games, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-10 record this season. As for Payton College Prep, the win (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 6-5.
Harvest Christian Academy will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against Aurora Central Catholic at 9:00 a.m. Harvest Christian Academy is facing Aurora Central Catholic at the right time seeing as Aurora Central Catholic is stuck on a ten-game losing streak. Payton College Prep and Sycamore will round out the year against one another at at 3:15 p.m. on Thursday.
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