After flying high against St. Joseph last Tuesday, Geibel Catholic came back down to earth. The Geibel Catholic Gators were beaten by Neighborhood Academy 80-37 on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Gators can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 434th, while Neighborhood Academy are ranked 42nd).
Several Gators players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Evan Strimel, who posted 14 points. That was a full 37.8% of Geibel Catholic's points, marking the fourth time in a row he's scored more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Gary Tarbuk, who put up 11 points.
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Even though they lost, Geibel Catholic smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 11 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive boards in eight consecutive contests.
Geibel Catholic's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 11-8. As for Neighborhood Academy, the victory was the tenth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 19-1.
Geibel Catholic has already played their next match (against Greensburg Salem), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Neighborhood Academy will welcome Serra Catholic at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are headed into the matchup with plenty of momentum (Neighborhood Academy has won ten straight at home dating back to last season, while Serra Catholic won nine straight on the road), something that'll have to change.
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