Basketball Recap: Five Straight Home Victories for Christian Academy of Greater St. Louis

Christian Academy of Greater St. Louis had won four straight home games and Ricardo Jones did his part to make it five on Thursday. The Christian Academy of Greater St. Louis Crusaders really took it to the Logos Lions for the full four quarters, racking up a 63-35 win thanks in part to Jones, who went 15 of 28 on his way to 34 points and five steals. That makes it 11 consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of Christian Academy of Greater St. Louis' points.

The team also got some help courtesy of Tariq Mayo, who almost dropped a double-double on nine points and 11 rebounds. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in blocks (five).

Christian Academy of Greater St. Louis' victory bumped their record up to 9-2. As for Logos, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 0-2.

Christian Academy of Greater St. Louis will square off against Victory Christian Academy at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. One thing working in Christian Academy of Greater St. Louis' favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last three matches. As for Logos, they will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Christian Academy of Greater St. Louis at 4:00 p.m. on January 23rd.