Our Lady of Mercy Academy lost against Wildwood Catholic back in January of 2023 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Wednesday. The Our Lady of Mercy Academy Villagers took a 57-51 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Wildwood Catholic Crusaders. While losing is never fun, the Villagers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey basketball rankings (they are ranked 148th, while the Crusaders are ranked 16th).
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Wildwood Catholic to victory, but perhaps none more so than Lola McGonigle, who posted 20 points. Another player making a difference was Lily King, who put up 15 points and seven boards.
Our Lady of Mercy Academy's defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-6. As for Wildwood Catholic, the win was the fifth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 10-2.
Our Lady of Mercy Academy has already played their next match (against Absegami), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Wildwood Catholic didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 69-42 victory against Woodbury on the 17th.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps