Basketball Recap: Tree of Life Christian Comes Up Short

Tree of Life Christian entered their game against Patriot Prep Academy on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Tree of Life Christian Trojans came up short against the Patriot Prep Academy Eagles, falling 53-32. The match marked the Trojans' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Patriot Prep Academy to victory, but perhaps none more so than Antonio Rogers, who went 6 of 9 to rack up 13 points and four steals. Rogers is on a roll when it comes to steals, as he's now grabbed two or more in the last 17 games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of DeShawn Crawford, who posted ten points and seven boards.

Tree of Life Christian's loss dropped their record down to 16-2. As for Patriot Prep Academy, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-5 record this season.

Tree of Life Christian and Patriot Prep Academy should be looking forward to their upcoming games as both have a sizable advantage in the MaxPreps Ohio Rankings. Tree of Life Christian (ranked 315th) will meet Fairfield Christian Academy (ranked 692nd) at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday. Tree of Life Christian will be looking to keep their ten-game home win streak dating back to last season alive. Similarly, Patriot Prep Academy will square off against Madison Christian at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday up 590 places (237 vs. 827).