Basketball Recap: Heritage Classical Christian Academy Gets the Win

By Team Reports Jan 27, 2025, 8:21pm

Basketball Recap: Heritage Classical Christian Academy Hawks vs. Victory Christian Academy Chargers

Luke Heskett

Rebounds

01/24/25 vs Victory Christian Academy12
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12/19/24 vs Heartland Christian Academy13
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If Victory Christian Academy wanted to avenge their loss from the last time they played Heritage Classical Christian Academy, they should've done a better job of containing Luke Heskett. The Heritage Classical Christian Academy Hawks took their match on Friday with ease, bagging a 62-21 victory over the Victory Christian Academy Chargers thanks in part to Heskett, who dropped a double-double on 29 points and 12 boards. Heskett is crushing it when it comes to rebounds: he's pulled down at least eight every time he's taken the court this season.

The team also got some help courtesy of Josh Gray, who went 7 of 13 on his way to 19 points and eight boards. Those 19 points gave him a new career-high.

When it comes to explaining why Victory Christian Academy lost, don't look at Elijah Carr. Despite the final result, he posted eight points. That was a full 38.1% of Victory Christian Academy's points, marking the fourth time in a row he's scored more than a third of the team's points.

Heritage Classical Christian Academy's win bumped their record up to 13-2. As for Victory Christian Academy, they dropped their record down to 3-9 with the defeat, which was their fourth straight on the road.

Heritage Classical Christian Academy will venture away from home to challenge Christian Academy of Greater St. Louis at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Heritage Classical Christian Academy is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 55.2 points per game this season. Victory Christian Academy has already played their next contest, a 60-19 loss against Liberty Christian Academy on the 27th.

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