Basketball Recap: Greenfield Extends Winning Streak to Nine

Knights

Previous Games

01/20/25 vs Crossroads Christian	84-47
01/18/25 vs First Flight	84-57
01/17/25 @ Wayne Christian	89-33
01/14/25 @ Epiphany	84-27
01/09/25 vs Cape Fear Academy	65-45
+ 4 more games

Greenfield waltzed into their game on Monday with eight straight wins... but they left with nine. They breezed by the Crossroads Christian Colts to the tune of 84-47. Given the Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 28th, while the Colts are ranked 208th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Despite the loss, Crossroads Christian had strong showings from Ely Phillips, who posted 13 points and eight rebounds, and Josh Smith, who scored eight points and six boards. The dominant performance gave Phillips a new career-high in boards.

Greenfield has been performing well recently as they've won 12 of their last 15 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 21-7 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 73.3 points per game. As for Crossroads Christian, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 13-8.

Greenfield has already played their next matchup (against Wayne Christian), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Crossroads Christian wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next game, an 83-49 victory against Lee Christian on the 24th.