Columbia fought the good fight in their overtime game against Mater Dei on Wednesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Knights by a score of 68-65. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (62), the Eagles still had to take the loss.
Despite the loss, Columbia still got an impressive performance from Eddie Smajic, who posted 32 points.
Gavin Peppenhorst produced another solid performance shooting 59% from the field to rack up 37 points in addition to seven rebounds and three steals for Mater Dei. The Knights are 6-1 when Peppenhorst posts 30 or more points, but 12-13 otherwise. Another player making a difference was Roman Zambrencia, who scored 11 points.
Columbia's loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 22-10. As for Mater Dei, the win was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record up to 18-14.
As of now, neither Columbia nor the Knights have any future games scheduled.
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