Basketball Recap: Crossings Christian Takes Down Ranked Crooked Oak

By Team Reports Feb 6, 2025, 8:10am

Basketball Recap: Crossings Christian Knights vs. Crooked Oak Ruf-Nex

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Previous 6 Games

02/04/25 @ Crooked Oak54-49
01/31/25 vs Oklahoma Christian73-43
01/28/25 @ Community Christian88-59
01/25/25 @ Midwest City73-54
01/24/25 @ Glenpool87-44
01/23/25 @ Union53-38

On Tuesday, Crossings Christian faced Crooked Oak in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Crossings Christian Knights snuck past the Crooked Oak Ruf-Nex with a 54-49 win. The victory was familiar territory for the Knights who have now won six contests in a row.

When it comes to explaining why Crooked Oak lost, don't look at Jamel Morris. Despite the final result, he went 9 for 16 en route to 22 points. Elijah Garcia was another key player, putting up 11 points and four steals.

Crossings Christian is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 71.1 points per game. As for Crooked Oak, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 15-4.

Crossings Christian has already played their next match (against Newcastle), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Crooked Oak is taking a road trip to square off against Wilson-Henryetta at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Crooked Oak is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 63.9 points per game this season.

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