Basketball Recap: Polk County Christian Sets Scoring Season-High Against Aurora Christian Academy

Knights

Team Score

02/03/25 vs Aurora Christian Academy	58
01/14/25 vs Varsity Opponent	56
12/12/24 vs Varsity Opponent	56
11/18/24 @ Fort Scott Christian Heights	51
12/13/24 vs Varsity Opponent	50

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Polk County Christian). They came out on top against the Aurora Christian Academy Arrows by a score of 58-50 on Monday. That's the third time they've managed to beat them this season, as they also won 49-47 back in January.

Despite the loss, Aurora Christian Academy still got an impressive performance from Sawyer Jones, who dropped a double-double on 22 points and 13 rebounds. That was a full 44% of Aurora Christian Academy's points, marking the fourth time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Braeden Raeper, who had eight points.

Polk County Christian pushed their record up to 8-9 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 52.6 points per game. As for Aurora Christian Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 10-9.

Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Polk County Christian will take on Riverview Bible Baptist Christian at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Polk County Christian is facing Riverview Bible Baptist Christian at the right time seeing as Riverview Bible Baptist Christian is stuck on a three-game losing streak. Aurora Christian Academy has already played their next match (against Lebanon HomeSchool), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.