By James Yodice / Journal Staff Writer
A night of regret for Hope Christian, and a night to celebrate, kind of, for Albuquerque Academy.
Academy, Class 4A’s fourth-ranked girls basketball team, surely was nowhere near its best on this Tuesday night as the Chargers visited the second-place Huskies in a matchup of the top two teams in District 6-4A.
But Academy coach Josh Skarsgard framed it this way:
“Good teams win ugly,” he said.
Not only was Academy’s 38-33 victory a result that all but clinched the 6-4A regular-season crown for the Chargers (20-4, 6-0), but it extended Academy’s winning streak to 11 games.
“It was a big win for us,” said Academy freshman point guard Lily Skarsgard, who scored a team-best 17 points. “I think that even though we could have won by more, we came out with a win and that’s all that matters.”