Basketball Recap: Jada O'neal and Grace Ward Secure Win for Victory Baptist Academy

Saints

Margin (Wins)

12/09/24 vs New Life Christian Academy	59
01/04/25 vs Heritage Christian	51
01/28/25 @ New Life Christian Academy	42
01/18/25 vs Covenant	39
12/10/24 @ Pipestem Christian Academy	29

After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Summit Christian Academy, Victory Baptist Academy was happy to have turned things around on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Lewisburg Baptist Academy Lions as the Victory Baptist Academy Saints made off with a 48-24 win. The Saints have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won seven contests by 24 points or more this season.

Victory Baptist Academy was led to victory by Grace Ward and Jada O'Neal. Ward posted 16 points, while O'Neal scored 12 points and five steals. O'Neal is on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed two or more in the last four games she's played. Kaydan Mooney was another key player, putting up seven points and seven boards.

Victory Baptist Academy is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 27.2 points per game. As for Lewisburg Baptist Academy, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-3.

Victory Baptist Academy will head out to take on Calvary Baptist Academy at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Victory Baptist Academy is facing Calvary Baptist Academy at the right time seeing as Calvary Baptist Academy is stuck on a seven-game losing streak. As for Lewisburg Baptist Academy, they will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Mount Hope Christian Academy at 7:00 p.m. on February 17th.