Recap: Gaston Day Spartans vs. Ardrey Kell Knights
Even though the Ardrey Kell Knights scored an imposing 69 points on Saturday, the Gaston Day Spartans still came out on top. Gaston Day snuck past Ardrey Kell with a 73-69 win.
Gaston Day's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Deshawn Coulter led the charge by scoring 19 points along with 5 assists and 5 rebounds. Griffen Simpson was another key contributor, scoring 19 points along with 6 rebounds.
Loss or not, Ardrey Kell got some senior leadership from Caden Caskey who scored 28 points and Delani Hammonds who scored 17 points along with 7 assists and 6 rebounds. Caskey scored a full 40.6% of Ardrey Kell's points, the third time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Bryceton Thomas, who scored 10 points along with 7 rebounds.
Gaston Day's win bumped their record up to 6-3. As for Ardrey Kell, they now have a losing record at 1-2.
Gaston Day will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against Westminster Catawba Christian at 7:00 p.m. on November 28th. Westminster Catawba Christian knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with flashy point totals in its past four matchups -- so hopefully Gaston Day likes a good challenge. As for Ardrey Kell, they will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against Charlotte Catholic at 7:30 p.m. Hopefully Charlotte Catholic focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 13 on Saturday.
