Basketball Recap: Central Texas Christian Comes Up Short

Lions

Previous 5 Games

01/04/25 vs Lutheran	49-50
12/30/24 @ Concordia	56-19
12/30/24 @ Round Rock Christian Academy	80-51
12/20/24 vs Memorial Christian Academy	61-21
12/19/24 vs Providence Prep	58-71

If Central Texas Christian was feeling good fresh off their 56-19 takedown of Concordia last Monday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Central Texas Christian Lions were just a bucket shy of victory on Saturday and fell 50-49 to the Lutheran Mustangs. The Lions' defeat signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.

Central Texas Christian's loss dropped their record down to 8-3. As for Lutheran, their win ended a ten-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 5-12.

Central Texas Christian and Lutheran could both be facing uphill battles in their next games considering their disadvantage in the MaxPreps Texas Rankings. Central Texas Christian (ranked 746th) will meet Live Oak Classical (ranked 278th) at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Similarly, Lutheran will challenge Faith Academy at 7:30 p.m. on January 16th down 640 places (1259 vs. 619).