Liberty Christian Academy suffers sixth straight loss at home

By Team Reports Jan 18, 2024, 4:40pm

Recap: Liberty Christian Academy Knights vs. Cornerstone Christian Academy Cougars

This season hasn't been kind to the Liberty Christian Academy Knights, who are still winless after their sixth match. They were beaten by Cornerstone Christian Academy 67-33 on Thursday. The loss unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Liberty Christian Academy in their matchups with Cornerstone Christian Academy: they've now lost five in a row.

It was another big night for Joseph Lemmon, who scored 35 points for Cornerstone Christian Academy. That makes it four consecutive games in which Lemmon has scored at least a third of Cornerstone Christian Academy's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jaylen Bennett, who scored 16 points.

Liberty Christian Academy bumped their record down to 0-6 with that defeat, which was their sixth straight at home. As for Cornerstone Christian Academy, the win was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 8-2.

Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Liberty Christian Academy won't have much time to rest: their next contest is against Christ the Cornerstone Academy at 4:00 p.m. on January 19th. Christ the Cornerstone Academy is strutting with some offensive muscle, as they've averaged 56.1 points per game. Cornerstone Christian Academy won't have much time to rest: their next contest is against Columbus Christian Academy at 5:00 p.m. on January 19th. Columbus Christian Academy will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps North Carolina Rankings (they are ranked 602nd, while Cornerstone Christian Academy is ranked 258th).