Basketball Game Recap: Hope Christian Academy Lions vs. Faith Baptist Christian Academy Crusaders

By Team Reports Feb 15, 2024, 7:03pm

Recap: Hope Christian Academy Lions vs. Faith Baptist Christian Academy Crusaders

The Hope Christian Academy Lions and the Faith Baptist Christian Academy Crusaders squared off in some playoff action on Thursday, but sadly the Hope Christian Academy Lions had to settle for second. The contest between them and the Crusaders wasn't particularly close, with the Lions falling 34-15. Hope Christian Academy's defeat continues an unfortunate trend for the team, making it four in a row.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Faith Baptist Christian Academy to victory, but perhaps none more so than Emree Mattingly, who scored ten points along with seven rebounds and five steals. Mattingly hasn't dropped below two steals for nine straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Madison Starr, who scored six points along with four steals.

Hope Christian Academy has not been sharp recently as the team has lost seven of their last eight games, which put a noticeable dent in their 2-11 record this season. As for Faith Baptist Christian Academy, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a massive bump to their 15-10 record this season.

Hope Christian Academy does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Faith Baptist Christian Academy, they won't have much time to rest: their next contest is against Northside Christian Academy at 8:00 a.m. on February 16th. Hopefully Faith Baptist Christian Academy focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 24 on Thursday.

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