Providence Athletic Club was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They were two points away from ending the streak, but they lost a 54-52 heartbreaker at the hands of the Christian Educational Consortium Cougars. That's two games in a row now that the Panthers have lost by exactly two points.

Mark Lara
03/07/25 vs Christian Educational Consortium | 69% |
02/14/25 vs Milledgeville Athletic Club | 67% |
01/18/25 @ Lowcountry Wildcats Athletics | 67% |
02/08/25 vs South Charlotte | 53% |
12/16/24 @ Wardlaw Academy | 53% |
When it comes to explaining why Providence Athletic Club lost, don't look at Mark Lara. Despite the final result, he went 9-for-13 on his way to 19 points. The dominant performance also gave Lara a new career-high in shooting accuracy (69%). Another player making a difference was Brody Tyler, who posted eight points.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Christian Educational Consortium to victory, but perhaps none more so than Hunter Fleming, who put up 20 points. Fleming is becoming a predictor of Christian Educational Consortium's success: when he posts at least 15 points the team is 9-2 (and 13-14 when he doesn't). The team also got some help courtesy of Jack Patterson, who had eight points and five boards.
Providence Athletic Club's loss dropped their record down to 15-17. As for Christian Educational Consortium, their win bumped their record up to 22-16.
As of now, neither Providence Athletic Club nor Christian Educational Consortium have any future games scheduled.
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