Basketball Recap: First Baptist Christian's Winning Streak Snapped at Seven Games

It was a good run, but First Baptist Christian unfortunately witnessed the end of their seven-game winning streak on Friday. They took a 72-63 hit to the loss column at the hands of the O'Connell Buccaneers. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Thursday (58), the Warriors still had to take the loss.

Micah Shrum

Points

12/13/24 vs O'Connell	22
12/10/24 vs Salt and Light Homeschool	18
12/07/24 vs Humble Christian	15
12/07/24 vs Humble Christian	21

When it comes to explaining why First Baptist Christian lost, don't look at Micah Shrum. Despite the final result, he went 9 of 21 on his way to 22 points. Shrum's evening made it four games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points.

First Baptist Christian's loss dropped their record down to 7-2. As for O'Connell, the victory (which was their seventh in a row) raised their record to 10-2.

First Baptist Christian and O'Connell should be looking forward to their upcoming games as both have a sizable advantage in the MaxPreps Texas Rankings. First Baptist Christian (ranked 395th) will meet Bay Area Christian (ranked 1040th) at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday. Meanwhile, O'Connell will challenge Frassati Catholic on Friday up 355 places (343 vs. 698).