After flying high against North Bay Christian Academy last Tuesday, the Patten Academy Bulldogs came back down to earth. Patten Academy was dealt a 89-32 loss at the hands of Cornerstone Christian on Monday. While losing is never fun, Patten Academy can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 1379th, while Cornerstone Christian is ranked 375th).
Patten Academy lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Empire Hall, who scored 20 points. That was a full 62.5% of Patten Academy's points, marking the tenth time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Aaron Donahue, who scored ten points.
Cornerstone Christian was led to victory by Marcus Wagner and AJ McCoy. Wagner scored 17 points, while McCoy scored 17 points. Benjamin Lukacs was another key contributor, scoring ten points.
Patten Academy's loss was their seventh straight on the road, which bumped their record down to 1-12. As for Cornerstone Christian, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-6 record this season.
Patten Academy will head out on the road to take on Cornerstone Christian at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Cornerstone Christian won't have much time to rest: their next match is against Contra Costa Christian at 7:30 p.m. on January 16th. Contra Costa Christian is also coming in off of a big victory, so somebody is in for a big reversal of fortune.
