Basketball Recap: Plaza Heights Christian Academy Drops Highest Score of Season Against Heartland

Plaza Heights Christian Academy

Team Score

01/28/25 vs Heartland	73
12/02/24 vs Heartland	71
12/21/24 vs DeLaSalle Charter	68
12/17/24 vs Sherwood	66
01/13/25 vs Center Place	64

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Plaza Heights Christian Academy). They took their contest on Tuesday with ease, bagging a 73-34 victory over the Heartland Mustangs. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 45-13.

Luke Jones continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, going 12 of 20 en route to 30 points along with six boards and four steals. That makes it three consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of Plaza Heights Christian Academy's points. The team also got some help courtesy of George Carpenter, who went 5 for 8 on his way to 12 points and six rebounds.

Plaza Heights Christian Academy was working as a unit and finished the game with 15 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Heartland only racked up five assists.

Several Mustangs players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Micah Stone, who posted eight points and five boards.

Plaza Heights Christian Academy's win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 19-7. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 54.3 points per game. As for Heartland, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 9-12.

Plaza Heights Christian Academy has already played their next game, a 50-32 victory against Applewood Christian on the 30th. As for Heartland, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 68-21 defeat against Northland Christian on the 30th.