The boys varsity basketball team took on Fort Zumwalt West at St. Charles West at 6 p.m. on Dec 9. It was the Knights first official game of the season and the energy was high.

“After seeing Fort Zumwalt West warm up, I felt like we had the better team, but they had some bigger guys and that ended up hurting us in the end,” Ben Oster, a point guard for the Knights, said.

It was a back and forth game, tied in the first quarter and then the Knights took the lead at half by a single point.

“I was in a ‘go get it’ mindset because I thought if we kept up the way we were playing, we had the game in the bag,” Oster explained.

Fort Zumwalt West gave the Knights a run for their money during the second half but the Knights were able to hold their lead at the end of the third quarter 41-38. However, during the fourth and final quarter of the match, the lead slipped away and they lost the game 59-52.

“We got tired and lost the momentum. We didn’t play with the same energy as the first three quarters, and they played a stronger fourth quarter,” Oster said.

The Knights will play again on Dec. 10 at St. Charles West against Marquette. The game will begin at 6 p.m.