Basketball Recap: Curtis Baptist's Luck Takes a Turn for the Worse on Wednesday

After flying high against Wardlaw Academy two weeks ago, Curtis Baptist came back down to earth. The Curtis Baptist Crusaders came up short against the Greater Grace Christian Academy Eagles on Wednesday, falling 59-34. While losing is never fun, the Crusaders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 95th in Georgia, while the Eagles are ranked 26th in Maryland).

Jaliyah Terry and Maci Butler certainly did their best on Wednesday to avoid the loss. Terry shot 54% from the field on her way to 16 points and five boards, while Butler went 5-for-11 to rack up 11 points and seven rebounds. Terry is on a roll when it comes to points, as she's now scored 16 or more in each of the last seven games she's played.

Nickole Lee was her usual excellent self, putting up 27 points for Greater Grace Christian Academy. That makes it seven consecutive games in which Lee has scored at least a third of Greater Grace Christian Academy's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Wysdom Jackson, who posted nine points.

Crusaders

Previous 5 Games

03/05/25 vs Greater Grace Christian Academy	34-59
02/21/25 vs Wardlaw Academy	56-36
02/18/25 vs Holly Hill Academy	62-33
02/07/25 vs Jefferson Davis Academy	52-17
02/04/25 vs Holly Hill Academy	66-29

Curtis Baptist moved to 19-6 with that loss, which also ended their six-game winning streak. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to assists: they averaged an imposing nine assists in those games compared to only 5.16 in the others. As for Greater Grace Christian Academy, the win was the sixth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 23-2.

Coincidentally, Curtis Baptist and Greater Grace Christian Academy will both be playing Genoa Christian Academy the next time they take the court. Curtis Baptist will head out to face Genoa Christian Academy at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, while Greater Grace Christian Academy will play them later in the day, at 6:00 p.m.