The Dayton Bulldogs pushed their score all the way to 74 on Wednesday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They took a 81-74 hit to the loss column at the hands of American Christian School. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Saturday (55), Dayton still had to take the loss.
Defeat or not, Dayton got some senior leadership from Kyle Rosenstock and Kieran Conway. Rosenstock dropped a double-double on 21 points and 11 rebounds, while Conway. dropped a double-double on 15 points and ten rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Rosenstock has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Jj Perez, who scored 11 points.
American Christian School had a senior duo take command as Caleb Ritchwood scored 30 points and Elijah Kenyi scored 30 points. That makes it four consecutive games in which Ritchwood has scored at least a third of American Christian School's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jon DeBonnett, who scored 11 points.
Dayton has been struggling recently as they've lost nine of their last 12 matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 7-16 record this season. As for American Christian School, the win was the sixth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 18-4.
Dayton does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for American Christian School, they won't have much time to rest: their next match is against High Point at 6:00 p.m. on February 15th. High Point is on a five-game streak of home wins, American Christian School a four-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the court.
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