Basketball Recap: Rossville Christian Academy Picks Up Seventh Consecutive Win

By Team Reports Jan 8, 2025, 6:27am

Basketball Recap: Rossville Christian Academy Wolves vs. Starkville Academy Volunteers

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Fred Motley

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01/07/25 @ Starkville Academy19
01/04/25 @ Gibson County19
12/21/24 vs Greenville Christian18
12/20/24 vs Oak Forest Academy34
12/17/24 vs St. Benedict at Auburndale21

Rossville Christian Academy extended their winning streak to seven games thanks to a huge performance from Fred Motley. The Rossville Christian Academy Wolves strolled past the Starkville Academy Volunteers with points to spare on Tuesday, taking the game 57-38 thanks in part to Motley, who went 9 for 17 on his way to 19 points in addition to eight rebounds and four steals. The match was his eighth in a row with at least ten points.

The team also got some help courtesy of Jolson Burks, who posted five points along with five boards and three blocks. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in blocks.

Rossville Christian Academy is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-8 record this season. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to three-point shooting accuracy: their three-point shooting accuracy was 31% in those games and 29% outside of them. As for Starkville Academy, with the defeat, they broke their ten-game winning streak and moved their record to 13-4.

Rossville Christian Academy will take on Magnolia Heights at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Rossville Christian Academy's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last ten contests. As for Starkville Academy, they will square off against Heritage Academy at 8:00 p.m. on Friday.

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