Basketball Recap: Canterbury Extends Winning Streak to Four

Crusaders

Previous 4 Games

01/23/25 @ Academy at the Lakes	46-40
01/21/25 @ Admiral Farragut	54-32
01/18/25 vs Classical Prep	38-32
01/17/25 vs Sports Leadership & Management	51-34

Canterbury waltzed into their game on Thursday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They managed a 46-40 win over the Academy at the Lakes Wildcats. The Crusaders have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Wildcats, too.

Leading Canterbury to victory were MacKenzie Tucker and Zy Alhuzaifi. Tucker posted 21 points, while Alhuzaifi earned 20 points. That makes it nine consecutive games in which Alhuzaifi has scored at least a third of Canterbury's points.

Several Wildcats players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Aria Sneary-Beachy, who had 15 points. That was a full 37.5% of Academy at the Lakes' points, marking the third time in a row she's put up more than a third of the team's points. Siya Shah was another key player, putting up 11 points.

Canterbury now has a winning record of 6-5. As for Academy at the Lakes, their defeat was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 4-6.

Canterbury didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 47-28 victory against Patel on the 28th. As for Academy at the Lakes, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 52-28 win against Hernando Christian Academy on the 24th.