Basketball Recap: Old Suwanee Christian Conquerors vs. North Georgia Christian Academy Knights
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Old Suwanee Christian). Everything went their way against the North Georgia Christian Academy Knights on Thursday as the Old Suwanee Christian Conquerors made off with a 100-76 win. The score was all tied up 40-40 at the break, but the Conquerors were the better team in the second half.
Jon Rojas went supernova for Old Suwanee Christian, scoring 54 points. Another player making a difference was John Barr, who scored 13 points.
When it comes to explaining why North Georgia Christian Academy lost, don't look at Luke Beaver. Despite the final result, he went 20 for 32 en route to 49 points plus eight assists and eight rebounds. That was a full 64.5% of North Georgia Christian Academy's points, marking the sixth time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Zed Blackwell, who went 6 for 10 en route to 14 points.
The victory made it two in a row for Old Suwanee Christian and bumps their season record up to 2-3. As for North Georgia Christian Academy, their loss ended a 16-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 3-3.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Old Suwanee Christian will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Sugar Hill Christian Academy at 7:30 p.m. on December 3rd. North Georgia Christian Academy also won't see the court for a while: their next matchup is against Friendship Christian at 5:30 p.m. on December 3rd. Friendship Christian knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past nine games -- so hopefully North Georgia Christian Academy likes a good challenge.
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