Basketball Game Recap: Heritage Christian Eagles vs. Nazarene Christian Academy Lions

By Team Reports Dec 5, 2023, 8:36pm

Recap: Heritage Christian Eagles vs. Nazarene Christian Academy Lions

On Tuesday, Heritage Christian suffered a tough 62-37 loss at the hands of Nazarene Christian Academy. Heritage Christian was in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 31-11.

Nazarene Christian Academy's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Aiden Carr led the charge by scoring 18 points. That makes it three consecutive games in which Carr has scored at least 25% of Nazarene Christian Academy's points. Alexander Neal was another key contributor, scoring 12 points along with 6 rebounds.

This is the second loss in a row for Heritage Christian and nudges their season record down to 0-2. As for Nazarene Christian Academy, the victory for they keeps them at an undefeated 7-0.

Heritage Christian will be playing in front of their home fans against Wylie Prep Academy at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Wylie Prep Academy focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up ten last Thursday. As for Nazarene Christian Academy, they will take on Avalon at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. Avalon will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Texas Rankings (they are ranked 1177th, while Nazarene Christian Academy is ranked 165th).