Basketball Recap: Kansas City East Christian Academy Comes Up Short

Kansas City East Christian Academy was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They fell 78-67 to the Faith Christian Academy Knights. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Saturday (63), the Lions still had to take the loss.

When it comes to explaining why Kansas City East Christian Academy lost, don't look at Ryder Cartwright. Despite the final result, he went 7 of 11 en route to 19 points along with six rebounds and four steals. Those four steals gave Cartwright a new career-high. Damian Law was another key player, going 7 for 14 on his way to 17 points in addition to five assists and five boards.

Kansas City East Christian Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 9-8. As for Faith Christian Academy, their win was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-1.

Kansas City East Christian Academy will take on Faith Academy at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. Kansas City East Christian Academy is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 56.2 points per game this season. As for Faith Christian Academy, they will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against Kansas City East Christian Academy at 7:30 p.m. on February 1st.