Bishop McDevitt was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They took a hard 73-54 fall against the William Penn Bearcats. While losing is never fun, the Crusaders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 263rd, while the Bearcats are ranked 88th).
Bishop McDevitt lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Ethan Hammer, who went 7 for 15 en route to 16 points. Another player making a difference was Damir Arp, who posted 14 points and eight boards.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead William Penn to victory, but perhaps none more so than Nasir Barnes, who earned 20 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Tyson Smith, who had 16 points.
Bishop McDevitt now has a losing record at 9-10. As for William Penn, the win was the seventh in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 16-6.
Coming up, Bishop McDevitt will head out on the road to take on James Buchanan at 7:30 p.m. on February 10th. As for William Penn, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next matchup, a 49-44 victory against Eastern York on the 7th.
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