Basketball Recap: Somerset Bible Baptist Christian Academy's Loss Ends Four-Game Winning Streak on the Road

Somerset Bible Baptist Christian Academy lost against The Pilgrim Academy back in February of 2022 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Somerset Bible Baptist Christian Academy Warriors took a hard 53-36 fall against The Pilgrim Academy Pioneers. The contest marked the Warriors' lowest-scoring game so far this season.

Defeat or not, Somerset Bible Baptist Christian Academy got some senior leadership from Carter English and Dale Gates. English posted 17 points in addition to five boards and five steals, while Gates dropped a double-double on 12 points and 11 rebounds. That was a full 47.2% of Somerset Bible Baptist Christian Academy's points, marking the third time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points.

Owen Seavey went supernova for The Pilgrim Academy, almost dropping a double-double on 19 points and nine boards. That's the most rebounds Seavey has posted since back in December of 2023. Danny Bongiorno was another key player, putting up 12 points.

Somerset Bible Baptist Christian Academy's loss ended a four-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 5-1. As for The Pilgrim Academy, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 4-6 record this season.

Somerset Bible Baptist Christian Academy will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Veritas Christian Academy at 4:00 p.m. on January 31st. Somerset Bible Baptist Christian Academy is facing Veritas Christian Academy at the right time seeing as Veritas Christian Academy is stuck on a four-game losing streak. The Pilgrim Academy has already played their next game, a 70-53 loss against Atlantic Christian on the 24th.