Basketball Recap: Pikes Peak Christian's Loss Ends Six-Game Winning Streak at Home

Pikes Peak Christian fought the good fight in their overtime matchup against Thomas MacLaren School on Thursday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Thomas MacLaren School Highlanders by a score of 70-68. The Eagles have struggled against the Highlanders recently, as the game was their eighth consecutive lost matchup.

Despite the loss, Pikes Peak Christian still got an impressive performance from Eddie Harmon, who dropped a double-double on 35 points and 17 rebounds. Harmon has been hot for a while, having also posted two or more steals the last 21 times he's played. Matthew Crocfer was another key player, going 6 for 12 on his way to 14 points and four steals.

Lance Mathews was his usual excellent self, dropping a double-double on 16 points and 24 boards for Thomas MacLaren School. Mathews also grabbed five steals, which is notable because Thomas MacLaren School is 6-3 when he posts at least five steals, but 0-3 otherwise. Another player making a difference was Nathaniel Stokes, who went 7 of 17 en route to 18 points.

Pikes Peak Christian's defeat ended a six-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 4-3. As for Thomas MacLaren School, the win got them back to even at 6-6.

Pikes Peak Christian won't have much time to rest: their next contest is against South Park at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. Pikes Peak Christian is facing South Park at the right time seeing as South Park is stuck on a six-game losing streak. Thomas MacLaren School has already played their next game (against Peyton), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.