Highland lost against Bakersfield Christian back in February of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Highland Scots were beaten by the Bakersfield Christian Eagles 73-14. While losing is never fun, the Scots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 934th, while the Eagles are ranked 244th).
Bakersfield Christian had a senior duo take command as Alexis Bila made all 7 shots she took to post 14 points and three steals and Ruby Yanagi posted 12 points along with five assists and five steals. Those five assists gave Yanagi a new career-high. Tia Nichols was another key player, putting up four points in addition to nine rebounds and three steals.
This is the second loss in a row for Highland and nudges their season record down to 7-9. As for Bakersfield Christian, they pushed their record up to 6-12 with the win, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season.
Highland wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next matchup, a 55-26 defeat against Independence on the 16th. Bakersfield Christian has also already played their next contest (against Bakersfield), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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