January 29 St. Michael's had a chance to redeem themselves against San Antonio St. Anthony. If you recall on January 12 St. Anthony upset St. Michael's in overtime making it the upset of the week. Beating St. Michael's was like winning the district title for St. Anthony, the fans ran onto the court and there were chest bumps and high fives throughout the gym.
On Saturday St. Michael's had a chance to show that the first loss was just that an upset not to be relived a second time. The Crusaders came out strong defensively, holding St. Anthony to only 11 points in the first quarter. St. Michael's front court of Jaymes Maldonado, Austin Burch and Jake Kocher did a great job out front on defense putting constant pressure on St. Anthony's guards and combining for 9 out of the 13 steals in the game. St. Michael's also finished the game with 31 rebounds forward Adam Witlock added 9 along with 11 points, Alex Cady and Jake Koher both finished the game with 6 rebounds, Austin Burch added 16 point of his own shutting down St. Anthony's hope of repeating the upset of January 12.
St. Michael's 77, St. Anthony 60
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | T | |
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St. Michael's | 16 | 19 | 19 | 23 | — | 77 |
St. Anthony | 11 | 18 | 13 | 18 | — | 60 |
SM: Maldonado 8, Kocher 33, Cady 4, Burch 16, Stanka 5, Whitlock 11.
SA: Pena 2, Chavez 18, Morales 9, Fernandez 7, Beker 10, Becker 11, Cabrara 3.
Records: SA: 18-11, SM: 17-13.