St. Francis scored the most points they've had all season on Tuesday, but it wasn't enough. They fell just short of the Mount Vernon Mustangs by a score of 83-81. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Tuesday (63), the Knights still had to take the loss.
Several Knights players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Greg Howard, who went 6 for 11 from beyond the arc en route to 29 points plus five rebounds. The dominant performance gave Howard a new career-high in threes. Reynolds Escher was another key player, going 10 for 20 en route to 21 points plus eight assists and six rebounds.
St. Francis is on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-4. As for Mount Vernon, their win was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 2-2.
St. Francis will venture away from home to face off against The Weber School at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. St. Francis is facing The Weber School at the right time seeing as The Weber School is stuck on a six-game losing streak. As for Mount Vernon, they will welcome Atlanta International at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
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