Basketball Game Recap: Christian Home Educators Knights vs. Amarillo Collegiate Academy Eagles

By Team Reports Feb 22, 2024, 9:57pm

Recap: Christian Home Educators Knights vs. Amarillo Collegiate Academy Eagles

The Christian Home Educators Knights waltzed into their match on Friday with two straight wins but they left with three. They secured a 36-31 W over Amarillo Collegiate Academy. Christian Home Educators' offense checked out after the first half but had enough points banked to take the game anyway.

Christian Home Educators found their leader in underclassman Caleb Koster, who scored 14 points along with two steals. Another player making a difference was Caleb Snyder, who scored two points along with eight rebounds and five blocks.

Amarillo Collegiate Academy lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Leland Brashears, who scored 13 points along with five rebounds and two steals. Brashears has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last three times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Zayin Thomas, who scored four points along with five rebounds and three steals.

Christian Home Educators has been performing well recently as they've won 11 of their last 13 matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 19-15 record this season. As for Amarillo Collegiate Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-14.

Christian Home Educators will take on Mercy School Institute at 1:20 p.m. on Friday. Mercy School Institutepresents a significant challenge as they come into the match much higher ranked than Christian Home Educators in their respective states (Mercy School Institute is ranked 301st in Oklahoma, while Christian Home Educators is ranked 1484th in Texas). As for Amarillo Collegiate Academy, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Stephenville FAITH at 1:20 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Amarillo Collegiate Academy focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 27 on Friday.

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