Basketball Recap: Kimani Frazier's Big Game Can't Quite Lead Neuse Christian Academy over St. Thomas More Academy

Neuse Christian Academy lost against St. Thomas More Academy on January 7th and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Neuse Christian Academy Lions came up short against the St. Thomas More Academy Chancellors, falling 42-20.

Several Lions players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Kimani Frazier, who posted four points and seven boards. The dominant performance also gave Frazier a new career-high in blocks (two). Lyla Lindstrom was another key player, putting up four points in addition to five rebounds and five blocks.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead St. Thomas More Academy to victory, but perhaps none more so than LIlian Marquardt, who put up 11 points along with seven boards and six steals. Marquardt has been hot for a while, having posted two or more steals the last 15 times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Winnie Dehring, who had 12 points in addition to six rebounds and four steals.

Neuse Christian Academy's loss dropped their record down to 8-8. As for St. Thomas More Academy, they have been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-11 record this season.

Neuse Christian Academy will take on Hilltop Christian at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Neuse Christian Academy is facing Hilltop Christian at the right time seeing as Hilltop Christian is stuck on a three-game losing streak. As for St. Thomas More Academy, they will venture away from home to face off against Thales Academy Rolesville at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday.