Basketball Game Recap: Christian Educational Consortium Cougars vs. Chatham HomeSchool Thunder

By Team Reports Mar 15, 2024, 8:36am

Recap: Christian Educational Consortium Cougars vs. Chatham HomeSchool Thunder

After a string of three wins, the Christian Educational Consortium Cougars's good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. They took a 87-83 hit to the loss column at the hands of Chatham HomeSchool. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Wednesday (81), Christian Educational Consortium still had to take the loss.

Christian Educational Consortium lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Nathan Johnson, who dropped a double-double on 30 points and 11 assists. Johnson hasn't dropped below 17 points for 14 straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Jack Patterson, who dropped a double-double on 24 points and 12 rebounds.

Even though they lost, Christian Educational Consortium were working as a unit and finished the game with 23 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Chatham HomeSchool only racked up 16 assists.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Chatham HomeSchool to victory, but perhaps none more so than Jacob Kirby, who went 6 for 10 from beyond the arc en route to 20 points and 1 assist. Another player making a difference was Zach Johnson, who scored 15 points along with two steals.

Christian Educational Consortium's loss dropped their record down to 21-21. As for Chatham HomeSchool, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 15 of their last 16 games, which provided a nice bump to their 27-10 record this season.

Christian Educational Consortium is on the road again on Thursday and plays Guilford Home Educators at 7:30 p.m. on March 7th. Christian Educational Consortium has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 1,000 points over their last 13 matches. Chatham HomeSchool will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against Greater Cabarrus S at 7:30 p.m. on March 7th. Greater Cabarrus S is strutting with some offensive muscle, as they've averaged 62.2 points per game this season.

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