If Hillcrest was feeling good fresh off their 90-64 takedown of Summit Academy last Friday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Hillcrest Huskies took a 59-52 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Juan Diego Catholic Soaring Eagle on Monday. The loss was the Huskies' first of the season.
Several Huskies players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Myles Mahler, who earned 16 points along with two steals. Mahler has been hot , having posted two or more steals the last seven times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Anton Mahler, who earned 14 points along with six rebounds.
Even though they lost, Hillcrest 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 11 offensive rebounds in three consecutive matchups.
Stockton Young had a dynamite game for Juan Diego Catholic, going 8 for 13 en route to 28 points. The dominant performance also gave Young a new career-high in three-point shooting accuracy (75%). Another player making a difference was Jake Wyatt, who had seven points.
Having lost for the first time this season, Hillcrest fell to 2-1. As for Juan Diego Catholic, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-0.
Hillcrest has already played their next contest, a 57-35 victory against Logan on the 27th. Juan Diego Catholic has also already played their next game (against Hillcrest), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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