ALEXANDRIA - The varsity basketball team lost a battle of two of the top four teams in the state, falling to No. 3 Episcopal 72-56 Saturday afternoon at EHS.

No. 4 StC (18-4) struggled offensively in the third period, scoring seven points, while the Maroon (16-3) stretched a 3-point halftime lead to 17.

Alexander Petrie '17 led the Saints with 25 points, and Nick Sherod '16 had 19.

StC returns home Tuesday at 6 pm hosting Christchurch in a Prep League battle.

St. Christopher's 10 16   7 23 - 56
Episcopal            14 15 21 22 - 72
St. Christopher's (18-4): Jasper 4, O'Neill 2, Tazewell 2, Sherod 19, Petrie 25, Thompson 0, Reinhart 0, Bird 0, Steed 0, Bennett 4, Starnes 0, Essex 0. Totals: 20 10-15 56. 3-point goals: Petrie 5, Sherod.
Episcopal (16-3): Johnson 14, Mawanda-Kalema 28, Reed 11, Ebube 15, Pfaffenberger 4, Blume 0, Giblin 0, Coxe 0, Mckernan 0, Portobanco 0, Zhang 0, Lyerly 0, Greenspan 0. Totals: 25 14-19 72. 3-point goals: Johnson 4, Mawanda-Kalema 4.