Basketball Game Preview: Tree of Life Christian Trojans vs. Wellington School Jaguars

The Tree of Life Christian Trojans will square off against the Wellington School Jaguars at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.

Tree of Life Christian is headed into the game having just suffered their closest loss since February 9, 2024 on Tuesday. They fell just short of Fisher Catholic by a score of 47-45.

Meanwhile, Wellington School suffered their biggest defeat since January 7th on Tuesday. They lost 63-37 to New Hope Christian Academy. While losing is never fun, the Jaguars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 772nd, while the Statesmen are ranked 305th).

Wellington School's loss dropped their record down to 5-15. As for Tree of Life Christian, their defeat dropped their record down to 17-3.

Tree of Life Christian didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Wellington School when the teams last played back in February of 2024, but they still walked away with a 55-49 victory. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Wellington School's Malcolm Wade, who went 8 for 16 to rack up 22 points and three steals. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Tree of Life Christian still be able to contain Wade? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.