Preview: Trinity Christian Academy Eagles vs. City of Life Christian Academy Warriors
The Trinity Christian Academy Eagles will be playing in front of their home fans against the City of Life Christian Academy Warriors at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Hopefully Trinity Christian Academy focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 24 on Thursday.
Trinity Christian Academy suffered their biggest loss since December 7, 2023 on Thursday. They took a serious blow against Pine Ridge, falling 56-29.
Despite the loss, Trinity Christian Academy had strong showings from Haylee Morelli, who scored 16 points along with seven rebounds and four steals, and Kaylin Spor, who scored 11 points along with five rebounds and two steals. That was a full 55.2% of Trinity Christian Academy's points, marking the 13th time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points.
In what's become a running theme this season, City of Life Christian Academy gave their fans yet another huge victory on Saturday. They put the hurt on Jupiter Christian with a sharp 59-37 win. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory City of Life Christian Academy has posted since November 27, 2023.
City of Life Christian Academy got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Mia Garcia out in front who scored 13 points along with nine steals and seven rebounds. Garcia is absolutely dominating the steal category: she's posted at least two every time she's taken the court this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Faith Wener, who dropped a double-double on 15 points and 11 rebounds.
Trinity Christian Academy now has a losing record at 6-7. As for City of Life Christian Academy, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a massive bump to their 9-5 record this season.
This contest is one where the number of possessions is likely to be a big factor: Trinity Christian Academy have been smashing the glass this season, having only averaged 25.2 rebounds per game. However, it's not like City of Life Christian Academy struggles in that department as they've been averaging only 33.1 rebounds per game. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Trinity Christian Academy skirted past City of Life Christian Academy 53-50 when the teams last played back in December of 2023. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was City of Life Christian Academy's Talia St hilaire, who dropped a triple-double on 37 points, ten rebounds, and 12 steals. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Trinity Christian Academy still be able to contain him? There's only one way to find out.
