Basketball Recap: Lakeland Christian Academy Comes Up Short

It was a proper cat-fight when Lakeland Christian Academy duked it out withLakewood Park Christian on Friday. The match between the Lakeland Christian Academy Cougars and the Lakewood Park Christian Panthers didn't end well, with the Lakeland Christian Academy Cougars falling 46-30. The Cougars have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Ava McGrade was her usual excellent self, putting up 24 points and eight steals for Lakewood Park Christian. That makes it six consecutive games in which McGrade has scored at least a third of Lakewood Park Christian's points. Another player making a difference was Riah Johnson, who posted six points and four steals.

Lakeland Christian Academy's loss dropped their record down to 10-12. As for Lakewood Park Christian, they pushed their record up to 16-6 with the win, which was their third straight on the road.

The two teams are set to take part in some playoff action in their next matches. Lakeland Christian Academy has already played their next contest (against Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Lakewood Park Christian will take on Fremont at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Lakewood Park Christian is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 52.3 points per game this season.