Basketball Recap: Trent Davies' Big Game Can't Quite Lead Wilmington Christian Academy over Topsail

Wilmington Christian Academy entered their match against Topsail on Monday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Wilmington Christian Academy Patriots fell to the Topsail Pirates 68-63. If the Patriots were looking for revenge after losing 56-43 to them when the teams met back in December of 2015, then they'll just have to keep looking.

Trent Davies

Steals

02/10/25 vs Topsail	2
02/06/25 vs Living Water Christian	3
02/04/25 vs Liberty Christian Academy	6
01/31/25 vs Southeastern Christian Academy	3
01/28/25 vs Greenville Christian Academy	3
+ 17 more games

Wilmington Christian Academy lost despite a true team effort on offense. The best among them was Trent Davies, who posted 26 points and five boards. He has been hot for a while, having also posted two or more steals the last 22 times he's played. Jordan Escoffrey was another key player, going 7 of 16 en route to 18 points and five assists.

Rhett Britt continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Topsail, dropping a double-double with 25 points and 11 rebounds. What's more, Britt also posted a 73% field goal percentage, which is the highest he's posted since back in December of 2024. Another player making a difference was Spencer Henry, who scored 18 points.

Wilmington Christian Academy suffered their first home loss, dropping their record down to 16-10. As for Topsail, their victory ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 9-13.

Wilmington Christian Academy didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 69-37 win against Bethel Christian Academy on the 11th. As for Topsail, they have also already played their next game, a 65-64 victory against Ashley on the 11th.