Basketball Recap: Hammond Sets Scoring Season-High Against Northside Christian Academy

Skyhawks

Team Score

01/24/25 @ Northside Christian Academy	76
01/09/25 @ Curtis Baptist	73
12/28/24 vs Lexington	69
01/07/25 vs American Leadership Academy	63
12/13/24 @ First Baptist School	62

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Hammond). They walked away with a 76-64 win over the Northside Christian Academy Crusaders on Friday. That's more bragging rights for the Skyhawks, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.

Northside Christian Academy lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Hilton Dessausure, who went 6 for 15 on his way to 20 points and five rebounds. Dessausure's evening made it four games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Dalton Gadson, who posted 17 points.

Hammond's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 11-3. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 68.0 points per game. As for Northside Christian Academy, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost five of their last six contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 11-6 record this season.

Hammond has already played their next game (against Heathwood Hall Episcopal), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Northside Christian Academy will be playing at home against Cardinal Newman at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. One thing working in Northside Christian Academy's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last five matchups.