If Liguori Academy was feeling good fresh off their 77-44 takedown of Mesivta last Wednesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Liguori Academy Falcons were dealt a 77-34 defeat at the hands of the Life Center Academy Warriors on Thursday. While losing is never fun, the Falcons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 413th in Pennsylvania, while the Warriors are ranked 184th in New Jersey).
Despite the loss, Liguori Academy saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Amir Washington went 5 for 9 on his way to 11 points. Daviel Calderon was another key player, putting up nine points.
Rasheem Yon was his usual excellent self, going 10 for 17 on his way to 24 points in addition to eight assists and six boards for Life Center Academy. Those 24 points gave Yon a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Josiah Dunkley-Hamilton, who went 7 of 14 on his way to 20 points and six rebounds.
Liguori Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 4-6. As for Life Center Academy, the win was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 7-3.
Liguori Academy will venture away from home to square off against Hatboro-Horsham at 11:30 a.m. on December 29th. Hatboro-Horsham has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games. As for Life Center Academy, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 96-67 loss against Varsity Opponent on the 20th.
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