Basketball Recap: Gateway Drops Highest Score of Season Against Heritage Christian School

By Team Reports Jan 29, 2025, 4:49am

Basketball Recap: Gateway Panthers vs. Heritage Christian School Eagles

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01/28/25 vs Heritage Christian School77
12/03/24 @ City of Life Christian Academy72
01/09/25 vs Tohopekaliga70
01/13/25 vs Liberty68
12/20/24 @ Father Lopez61

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Gateway). They blew past the Heritage Christian School Eagles 77-54 on Tuesday. Winning may never get old, but the Panthers sure are getting used to it with their third in a row.

Heritage Christian School's loss came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Elijah Reid, who went 5 of 10 on his way to 16 points in addition to eight rebounds and three steals. Another player making a difference was Jeremiah Reid, who went 7 for 12 en route to 14 points and seven boards.

The win got Gateway back to even at 10-10. As for Heritage Christian School, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-3.

Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Gateway and Eau Gallie will face off at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday without much rest having both just played. Gateway is facing Eau Gallie at the right time seeing as Eau Gallie is stuck on a five-game losing streak. As for Heritage Christian School, they will square off against Christian Learning Academy at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Heritage Christian School is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 67.8 points per game this season.

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